Stenocactus coptontogonus

Stenocactus coptontogonus ('coptonogonus') (Lem.) A.Berger ()
🌵 Author(s)
🌵 Published in Kakteen (Berger): 346 (1929)
🌵 BasionymEchinocactus coptontogonus ()
🌵 Basionym author(s)
🌵 Basionym published in Cact. Aliq. Nov. Desc.: 23 (1838)
🌵 Type of Echinofossulocactus
Brittonrosea
Etymology

Greek koptōn (stem koptont-) ‘cutting, cleaving, dividing’ + Greek –gōnos ‘angled, ribbed’ (Lemaire: “Κόπτων, secans; Γωνος, angulus”). For the strong ribs (Lemaire: “valide costatus”).

The original epithet coptonogonus, used by both Lemaire and Berger, is correctable to coptontogonus under International Code of Nomenclature. Compare the prefix onto– from Greek ōn (stem ont-) ‘being’. Sometimes miscorrected to coptogonus.


How to cite

Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 06). Stenocactus coptontogonus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/stenocactus-coptontogonus