| 🌵 Author(s) | Joseph Nelson RoseNathaniel Lord Britton |
| 🌵 Type | Hamatocactus setispinus |
Latin hāmātus ‘hooked’ + Cactus. For “the hooked central spine”.
| [ham-A-to-KAK-tus] A.T. Johnson, H.A. Smith & A.P. Stockdale (2019): Plant Names Simplified, 3rd Edition |
| “Botanical Latin is essentially a written language, but the scientific names of plants often occur in speech. How they are pronounced really matters little provided they sound pleasant and are understood by all concerned.” |
| hamatocactus |
| Hamatocactus |
| Hamatocactus |
| Thelocactus |
| Thelocactus
David Hunt (2006): The New Cactus Lexicon |
| Thelocactus |
| Hamatocactus |
| Hamatocactus |
| Hamatocactus |
| Cactoideae → Cacteae |
| Cereoideae → Cereeae → Boreocereeae → Boreocactinae → Boreoëchinocacti → Euboreoëchinocacti Curt Backeberg (1958): Die Cactaceae, Band 1 (provided for historical interest only) |
| 🌵 Biodiversity Heritage Library |
| 🌵 Wikipedia |
| 🌵 Wikispecies |
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Hamatocactus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/hamatocactus