Gangsteria
Frič, nom. nugax
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Alberto Vojtěch Frič |
English gangster. This name and Gestapia for two “invasive” cactus genera were supposedly proposed by Frič to protest the German occupation of Czechoslovakia (Zdeňka Řezníčková, Osobnost A. V. Friče a jeho přínos pro české kulturní a vědecké prostředí [Diploma thesis]: 75. 2014; original source probably Karel Crkal, Lovec kaktusů: 344. 1983 [not seen]). See also Rebutia einsteinii.