Eriocereus
(A.Berger) Riccob. (1909)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Vincenzo Riccobono |
| 🌵 Basionym | Cereus subgen. Eriocereus (1905) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Alwin Berger |
| 🌵 Type | Eriocereus tortuosus |
Greek erion ‘wool’ + Cereus, the name of a genus of columnar cacti and a designation for columnar cacti in general. For the “more or less copious white wool” on the flower tube.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Eriocereus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/eriocereus