Quasitephrocactus
Popov, nom. illeg. (2012)
Etymology
| šµ Author(s) | Georgiy Popov |
| šµ Type | Quasitephrocactus weberi |
| šµ Replacement of | Ursopuntia |
Latin quasi ‘as if, resembling or having a likeness to something’ + Tephrocactus. For the similarity to Tephrocactus.
This was the only plant genus with the prefix quasi– before the publication of Quasiantennaria R.J.Bayer & M.O.Dillon (Asteraceae) in 2019. It was presumably chosen because the more obvious name Pseudotephrocactus already existed.
Quasitephrocactus was intended as a replacement name for Ursopuntia, which Popov considered invalid.
van der Meer, Maarten H.J. (2022, February 5). Quasitephrocactus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Quasitephrocactus