Viridicereus
Guiggi (2024)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Alessandro Guiggi | 🌵 Published in | Cactology 5(Suppl. 15): 4 (2024) |
🌵 Type | Micranthocereus violaciflorus |
Latin vĭrĭdis ‘green’ + Cereus, the name of a genus of columnar cacti and a designation for columnar cacti in general. For the green fruits and the columnar habit. Guiggi: “a compound name from Latin viridis “green”, referred to the peculiar mature fruit green and from Latin Cereus for its cereiform morphology.”
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2024 Apr 11). Viridicereus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/viridicereus