Jaënocereus

Jaënocereus Krainz, ()
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🌵 Type Jaënocereus nigripilis
Etymology

Jaén? + Cereus, the name of a genus of columnar cacti and a designation for columnar cacti in general. According to Zdeněk Podešva (Botanický slovník) named for Jaén, Cajamarca, Peru, but the single included species, Jaënocereus nigripilis (= presumably Leucostele nigripilis), is only known from Chile. Perhaps identical to Juenocereus.

A provisional catalog name by Hans Krainz. According to Backeberg (Cactaceae 6: 3904. 1962) perhaps a misprint or a corrupted name.


How to cite

van der Meer, Maarten H.J. (2022, February 5). Jaënocereus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/jaenocereus