Emorycactus
Doweld (1996)
Etymology
| šµ Author(s) | Alexander Doweld | šµ Published in | Succulenta (Netherlands) 75(6): 270 (1996) |
| šµ Type | Emorycactus polycephalus |
Emory + Cactus. Named for American surveyor and civil engineer Major General William Hemsley Emory (1811-1887). Doweld: “The genus was named in honor of General W.H. Emory, director of the Mexican boundary inspection, 1850-1854.”
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 17). Emorycactus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/emorycactus