| 🌵 Author(s) | Curt Backeberg |
| 🌵 Type | Micranthocereus polyanthus |
Greek mikros ‘small’ + Greek anthos ‘flower’ + Cereus, the name of a genus of columnar cacti and a designation for columnar cacti in general. For the “many small flowers”.
| [Micranthocéreus] 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.” |
| Micranthocereus |
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Edward F. Anderson & Urs Eggli (2011): Das große Kakteen-Lexikon, 2. Auflage |
| Micranthocereus
David Hunt (2006): The New Cactus Lexicon |
| Micranthocereus |
| Micranthocereus |
| Cactoideae → Cereeae → Cereinae |
| Cereoideae → Cereeae → Boreocereeae → Boreocereinae → Cephalocerei → Hemicephalocerei Curt Backeberg (1958): Die Cactaceae, Band 1 (provided for historical interest only) |
| 🌵 International Plant Names Index |
| 🌵 Plants of the World Online |
| 🌵 Caryophyllales Network |
| 🌵 Biodiversity Heritage Library |
| 🌵 Wikipedia |
| 🌵 Wikispecies |
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 14). Micranthocereus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/micranthocereus