| 🌵 Author(s) | Edward Alexander |
| 🌵 Type | Ortegocactus macdougallii |
Ortega + Cactus. Named for the Ortega family of San José Lachiguirí, who assisted Alexander. Not for Mexican botanist Jesús González Ortega (1876–1936), as is sometimes claimed.
| [or-TAY-goh-kak-tus] |
| “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.” |
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Edward F. Anderson & Urs Eggli (2011): Das große Kakteen-Lexikon, 2. Auflage |
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David Hunt (2006): The New Cactus Lexicon |
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| 🌵 International Plant Names Index |
| 🌵 Plants of the World Online |
| 🌵 Tropicos |
| 🌵 Biodiversity Heritage Library |
| 🌵 Wikipedia |
| 🌵 Wikispecies |
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Ortegocactus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/ortegocactus