Leptocladodia
Buxb. (1954)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Franz Buxbaum |
🌵 Type | Leptocladodia elongata |
🌵 Replacement of | Leptocladia |
Greek leptos ‘fine, thin, small’ + Greek kladōdēs ‘many-branched’. Based on Mammillaria [infragen. unranked] Leptocladodae Lem. Not explained by the authors. For the relatively thin stems and the offsetting habit?
This is a replacement name for Leptocladia.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Leptocladodia. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/leptocladodia