Epiphyllum oxypetalum
(DC.) Haw. (1829)
Etymology
π΅ Author(s) | Adrian Hardy Haworth |
π΅ Basionym | Cactus oxypetalus (1828) |
π΅ Basionym author(s) | Augustin Pyramus de Candolle |
Greek oxys βsharpβ + Greek petalon ‘petal’. For the “acuminate lobes” on the floral tubes (De Candolle: “tubo longitudine loborum acuminatorum”).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Epiphyllum oxypetalum. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/epiphyllum-oxypetalum