Haagea
Frič, nom. illeg. (1925)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Alberto Vojtěch Frič |
🌵 Type | Haagea schwarzii |
Haage + Latin -a, the recommended suffix to form plant genus names from personal names that end with a vowel other than a (Rec. 60B.1(a), International Code of Nomenclature). Named for German cactus horticulturist Walther Max Haage (1899-1992) (Burkhardt, Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen. 2022).
This is a younger homonym of Haagea Klotzsch (Begoniaceae).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 16). Haagea. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/haagea