Vollia
Backeb. ex W.Haage (1981)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Walther Haage |
| 🌵 Type | not cited |
Voll + Latin -Äa, 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 Schlumbergera hybridizer Otto Voll (1884-1958). A provisional name for an aberrant form of “Zygocactus” (Kakteenkunde).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 16). Vollia. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/vollia