Masarykia

Masarykia Frič, nom. inval. (1937)

🌵 Author(s)	Alberto Vojtěch Frič
🌵 Type	Masarykia dadakii

Etymology

Masaryk + Latin -ĭa, the recommended suffix to form plant genus names from personal names that end with a consonant (Rec. 60B.1(b), International Code of Nomenclature). Presumably named for Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850-1937), one of the founders of Frič’s native country Czechoslovakia, who died in the year this name was published. The only included species, Masarykia dadakii (nom. nud.), is perhaps identical to Frailea dadakii Frič ex A.Berger.