🌵 Author(s) | Joseph Nelson RoseNathaniel Lord Britton |
🌵 Type | Neoabbottia paniculata |
Greek neos ‘new’ + Abbott + Latin -Äa, the recommended suffix to form plant genus names from personal names that end with a consonant (Rec. 60B.1(b), International Code of Nomenclature). Named for “Dr. W. L. Abbott, a patron of natural history”, presumably American medical doctor, explorer, ornithologist and field naturalist William Louis Abbott (1860-1936). Abbottia (1875) is a genus in the family Rubiaceae and Abbotia (1836) a genus in the family Juncaginaceae.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 16). Neoabbottia. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/neoabbottia