Melanocactus
Carrière, nom. inval. (1856)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Élie Abel Carrière |
Greek melas (stem melan-) ‘dark’ + Cactus? In most cases a corruption of Melocactus. Riccobono (Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 8: 220. 1909), however, listed Melanocactus and Melocactus as seperate genera in the tribe Echinocacteae.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Melanocactus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/melanocactus