Horridocactus
Backeb. (1938)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Curt Backeberg |
| 🌵 Type | Horridocactus horridus |
Named for the type species, Cactus horridus (Latin horridus ‘bristly, prickly’) (= Eriosyce curvispina).
Generic names of this type are discouraged in Recommendation 20A.1(g) of the International Code of Nomenclature (“Authors forming generic names should comply with the following: […] Not use a name similar to or derived from the epithet in the name of one of the species of the genus.”).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Aug 15). Horridocactus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/horridocactus