| 🌵 Author(s) | George Lawrence |
| 🌵 Type | Echinofossulocactus coptonogonus |
Latin ĕchīnus ‘sea-urchin, hedgehog’ + Latin fossŭla ‘furrow’ + Cactus. For the similarity of the flowers and fruits to those of Echinocactus (from which this genus was split off) and for the many thin ribs (“Surface angled or furrowed”). See also Stenocactus, Brittonrosea and Efossus.
Boerner (Taschenwörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen. 4. Auflage. 1989) called Echinofossulocactus, Austrocylindropuntia and Cephalocleistocactus “word monstrosities” (“Wortungetüme”).
Britton & Rose (Cactaceae 3, 1922: 109) designated Echinofossulocactus coptonogonus as the type of Echinofossulocactus. If this is accepted, Echinofossulocactus is the correct name for Stenocactus. David Hunt (Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain 42(4), 1980: 105-107) designated Echinocactus helophorus as the new type in order to render Echinofossulocactus a synonym of Echinocactus.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Jul 17). Echinofossulocactus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/echinofossulocactus