Neodawsonia
Backeb. (1949)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Curt Backeberg |
| 🌵 Type | Neodawsonia apicicephalium |
Greek neos ‘new’ + Dawson + 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). Named for American botanist Elmer Yale Dawson (1918-1966), who described the type species (as Cephalocereus apicicephalium). Dawsonia R.Br. (1811) is a moss genus.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 16). Neodawsonia. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/neodawsonia