Spinicalycium
Frič, nom. inval. (1935)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Alberto Vojtěch Frič |
🌵 Type | not cited |
Latin spīna ‘spine’ + Greek kalyx (stem kalyk-) or Latin calyx (stem calyc-) ‘calyx’ + Latin -ĭum, a suffix to form plant genus names. For the pointed scales on the pericarp. See also Acanthocalycium.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Dec 09). Spinicalycium. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/spinicalycium