Encephalocarpus
A.Berger (1929)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Alwin Berger | 🌵 Published in | Kakteen (Berger): 331 (1929) |
| 🌵 Type | Encephalocarpus strobiliformis |
Greek en ‘in’ + Greek kephalÄ“ ‘head’ + Greek karpos ‘fruit’. For the fruits that stay hidden in the woolly crown. Berger: “Fruits hidden in the crown base [footnote:] Hence the name: en kephale karpos = in the head, the fruit.” This genus was split off from Ariocarpus.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Dec 04). Encephalocarpus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/encephalocarpus