Oreocereus
(A.Berger) Riccob. (1909)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Vincenzo Riccobono |
| 🌵 Basionym | Cereus subgen. Oreocereus (1905) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Alwin Berger |
| 🌵 Type | Oreocereus celsianus |
Greek oros (genitive oreos) ‘mountain’ + Cereus, the name of a genus of columnar cacti and a designation for columnar cacti in general. For the occurrence in the Bolivian Andes.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 14). Oreocereus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/oreocereus