π΅ Author(s) | Joseph Nelson RoseNathaniel Lord Britton |
π΅ Type | Dendrocereus nudiflorus |
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.”
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 14). Dendrocereus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/dendrocereus