| 🌵 Author(s) | Louis Pfeiffer |
| 🌵 Type | Lepismium commune |
Greek lepisma (stem lepismat-) ‘peel, scale’ + Latin -ĭum, a suffix to form plant genus names. For the scale-like leaf rudiments around the areoles. Pfeiffer erected the genus for the species that were known as Cerei squamulosi ‘scaled cerei’.
| [lep-IS-me-um] A.T. Johnson, H.A. Smith & A.P. Stockdale (2019): Plant Names Simplified, 3rd Edition |
| [Lepísmium] Helmut Genaust (1996): Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen, 3. Auflage |
| “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.” |
| Cactoideae → Rhipsalideae |
| Cereoideae → Hylocereeae → Rhipsalidinae → Rhipsalides → Eurhipsalides Curt Backeberg (1958): Die Cactaceae, Band 1 (provided for historical interest only) |
| 🌵 International Plant Names Index |
| 🌵 Plants of the World Online |
| 🌵 Caryophyllales Network |
| 🌵 Tropicos |
| 🌵 Biodiversity Heritage Library |
| 🌵 Wikipedia |
| 🌵 Wikispecies |
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 17). Lepismium. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/lepismium