Isolatocereus
(Backeb.) Backeb. (1942)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Curt Backeberg |
| 🌵 Basionym | Lemaireocereus subgen. Isolatocereus (1938) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Curt Backeberg |
| 🌵 Type | Isolatocereus dumortieri |
Modern Latin isolātus (from Italian isolato) ‘isolated’ (classical Latin insŭlātus) + Cereus, the name of a genus of columnar cacti and a designation for columnar cacti in general. Named for “the often solitary habitat” (Backeberg 1938). According to Britton & Rose (Cactaceae 2: 102. 1920) the type species “is never abundant, being found generally as large isolated individuals on the sides of rocky hills and cliffs”.
Paul V. Heath published the corrected name Insulatocereus.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2025 Mar 12). Isolatocereus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/isolatocereus