🌵 Author(s) | Léon Croizat |
🌵 Type | Navajoa peeblesiana |
🌵 Replaced by | Neonavajoa |
For the occurrence in Navajo County, Arizona. The name is probably inspired by Utahia and Coloradoa, which are both mentioned in the protologue.
Alexander Doweld, who considered this name a homonym of the fossil plant genus Navajoia Wieland (1928), published the replacement name Neonavajoa in 1999.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Navajoa. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/navajoa