Mariottia
Guiggi (2016)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Alessandro Guiggi |
| 🌵 Type | Mariottia goebeliana |
Mariotti + Latin -a, the recommended suffix to form plant genus names from personal names that end with a vowel other than a (Rec. 60B.1(a), International Code of Nomenclature). Named for Italian botanist Mauro Giorgio Mariotti (1954), president of the Hanbury Botanical Gardens in La Mortola, Italy.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 16). Mariottia. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/mariottia