🌵 Author(s) | John Merle Coulter |
🌵 Type | Lophophora williamsii |
Greek lophē ‘crest’ + Greek phoros ‘bearing’. For the “dense tuft or short pencil of compact erect hairs” on the tubercles.
🌵 Author(s) | John Merle Coulter |
🌵 Type | Lophophora williamsii |
Greek lophē ‘crest’ + Greek phoros ‘bearing’. For the “dense tuft or short pencil of compact erect hairs” on the tubercles.
[lof-OF-or-a] A.T. Johnson, H.A. Smith & A.P. Stockdale (2019): Plant Names Simplified, 3rd Edition |
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[Lophóphora] 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.” |
lophophora |
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Edward F. Anderson & Urs Eggli (2011): Das große Kakteen-Lexikon, 2. Auflage |
Lophophora
David Hunt (2006): The New Cactus Lexicon |
Lophophora |
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Echinocactus |
Cactoideae → Cacteae |
Cereoideae → Cereeae → Boreocereeae → Boreocactinae → Boreoëchinocacti → Euboreoëchinocacti Curt Backeberg (1958): Die Cactaceae, Band 1 (provided for historical interest only) |
Peyotl |
🌵 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 14). Lophophora. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/lophophora