Pterocereus
T.MacDoug. & Miranda (1954)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Faustino MirandaThomas Baillie MacDougall |
| 🌵 Type | Pterocereus foetidus |
Greek pteron ‘wing’ + Cereus, the name of a genus of columnar cacti and a designation for columnar cacti in general. For the winged stems. Not to be confused with Pterocactus.
van der Meer, Maarten H.J. (2022, February 5). Pterocereus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/pterocereus