Cumarinia odorata
(Boed.) Buxb. (1951)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Franz Buxbaum |
🌵 Basionym | Coryphantha odorata (1930) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | Friedrich Bödeker |
🌵 Type of | Cumarinia |
Latin ŏdōrātus ‘that has a smell, odorous, scented, sweet-smelling, fragrant’. For the strong coumarin scent, comparable to that of sweetscented bedstraw (Galium odoratum) and tonka beans (Dipteryx odorata).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 02). Cumarinia odorata. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/cumarinia-odorata