Echinocactus subgen. Hybocactus
K.Schum. (1898)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Karl Schumann | 🌵 Published in | Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 292, 400 (1898) |
| 🌵 Type | not cited |
Greek hybos ‘hump’ + Cactus. For the tubercles (described by Schumann as chin-shaped on p. 400 and not chin-shaped on p. 292). Most included species are now included in Gymnocalycium or Eriosyce. Based on Echinocactus [infragen.unranked] Hybogoni Salm-Dyck (1841).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Echinocactus subgen. Hybocactus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/echinocactus-subgen-hybocactus