Zygocactus

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Zygocactus K.Schum. ()
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🌵 Type Zygocactus truncatus
Etymology

Greek zygon ‘yoke’ + Cactus. For the zygomorphic flowers (having only one plane of symmetry). See also Pseudozygocactus.

Schlumbergera truncata (Zygocactus truncatus). Schumann, Gürke & Vaupel, Blühende Kakteen, Iconographia Cactacearum Tafel 25

Pronunciation
[Zygocáctus]

Helmut Genaust (1996): Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen, 3. Auflage

“Botanical Latin is essentially a written language, but the scientific names of plants often occur in speech. How they are pronounced really matters little provided they sound pleasant and are understood by all concerned.”

William T. Stearn (1983): Botanical Latin, 3rd Edition: 53

Accepted name
Schlumbergera

World Flora Online (2021)

Schlumbergera

U.S. National Plant Germplasm System (2021)

Schlumbergera

Plants of the World Online (2020)

Schlumbergera

Joël Lodé (2015): Taxonomy of the Cactaceae

Schlumbergera

David Hunt (2006): The New Cactus Lexicon

Schlumbergera

R.K. Brummitt (1992): Vascular Plant Families and Genera

Zygocactus

Curt Backeberg (1958-1962): Die Cactaceae

Zygocactus

Curt Backeberg & F.M. Knuth (1936): Kaktus-ABC

Zygocactus

N.L. Britton & J.N. Rose (1919-1923): The Cactaceae

Epiphyllum

Karl Schumann (1899): Gesamtbeschreibung der Kakteen

Placement in Cactaceae
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Reto Nyffeler & Urs Eggli (2010): A farewell to dated ideas and concepts: molecular phylogenetics and a revised suprageneric classification of the family Cactaceae. Schumannia 6: 109-149

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Curt Backeberg (1958): Die Cactaceae, Band 1 (provided for historical interest only)

Other resources
🌵 International Plant Names Index
🌵 Plants of the World Online
🌵 World Checklist of Vascular Plants
🌵 Tropicos
🌵 Biodiversity Heritage Library
🌵 Wikipedia
🌵 Wikispecies
How to cite

van der Meer, Maarten H.J. (2022, February 5). Zygocactus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/zygocactus