| 🌵 Author(s) | Louis Pfeiffer |
| 🌵 Type | Discocactus insignis |
Latin discus ‘quoit, disc’ + Cactus. For the flat, disc-like plant body. Not to be confused with Disocactus.
| [DIS-koh-kak-tus] |
| “Botanical Latin is essentially a written language, but the scientific names of plants often occur in speech. How they are pronounced really matters little provided they sound pleasant and are understood by all concerned.” |
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Edward F. Anderson & Urs Eggli (2011): Das große Kakteen-Lexikon, 2. Auflage |
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David Hunt (2006): The New Cactus Lexicon |
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| Discocactus |
| Echinocactus |
| Cactoideae → Cereeae → Cereinae |
| Cereoideae → Cereeae → Boreocereeae → Boreocereinae → Cephalocacti → Nyctocephalocacti Curt Backeberg (1958): Die Cactaceae, Band 1 (provided for historical interest only) |
| 🌵 International Plant Names Index |
| 🌵 Plants of the World Online |
| 🌵 Caryophyllales Network |
| 🌵 Tropicos |
| 🌵 Biodiversity Heritage Library |
| 🌵 Wikipedia |
| 🌵 Wikispecies |
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 14). Discocactus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/discocactus