Dendrocereus

Dendrocereus Britton & Rose ()
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🌡 Type Dendrocereus nudiflorus
Etymology

Greek dendron ‘tree’ + Cereus, the name of a genus of columnar cacti and a designation for columnar cacti in general. “The name is from the Greek, meaning tree-cereus, this cactus being, in outline, more like a tree than any other.”

Dendrocereus nudiflorus. Image credit: Dick Culbert / CC BY 2.0

How to cite

Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 14). Dendrocereus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/dendrocereus