Weingartia
Werderm. (1937)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Erich Werdermann |
| 🌵 Type | Weingartia fidana |
| 🌵 Replacement of | Spegazzinia |
Weingart + 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 “in memory of the recently departed Wilhelm Weingart, one of our most outstanding cactus experts and conscientious workers in this field”.
Weingartia is a replacement name for Spegazzinia Backeb. (1934), which is a younger homonym of the fungus genus Spegazzinia Sacc. (1886).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 16). Weingartia. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/weingartia