×Disuntia
M.H.J.van der Meer (2018)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Maarten H.J. van der Meer |
Nothogenus for intergeneric hybrids between Disocactus and Opuntia.
The names of nothogenera for bigeneric hybrids are formed by combining the names of the parental genera "into a single word, using the first part or the whole of one, the last part or the whole of the other (but not the whole of both) and, optionally, a connecting vowel" (article H.6.2, International Code of Nomenclature).
A purported Disocactus × Opuntia hybrid was reported as early as 1837 (Cactus ×hybridus-flore-luteo). In the 20th century Sherman E. Beahm claimed to have made this cross (×Disuntia ‘Pygmalion’).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). ×Disuntia. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/disuntia