🌵 Author(s) | Joseph Nelson RoseNathaniel Lord Britton |
🌵 Type | Stetsonia coryne |
Stetson + Latin -ĭa, the recommended suffix to form plant genus names from personal names that end with a consonant (Rec. 60B.1(b), International Code of Nomenclature). Named for American lawyer Francis Lynde Stetson (1846-1920), who established the estate that would become the New Jersey State Botanical Gardens.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 16). Stetsonia. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/stetsonia