🌵 Author(s) | Karl Schumann |
🌵 Type | Zygocactus truncatus |
Greek zygon ‘yoke’ + Cactus. For the zygomorphic flowers (having only one plane of symmetry). See also Pseudozygocactus.

🌵 Author(s) | Karl Schumann |
🌵 Type | Zygocactus truncatus |
Greek zygon ‘yoke’ + Cactus. For the zygomorphic flowers (having only one plane of symmetry). See also Pseudozygocactus.
Schlumbergera |
Schlumbergera |
Schlumbergera |
Schlumbergera |
Schlumbergera
David Hunt (2006): The New Cactus Lexicon |
Schlumbergera |
Zygocactus |
Zygocactus |
Zygocactus |
Epiphyllum |
Cactoideae → Rhipsalideae |
Cereoideae → Hylocereeae → Rhipsalidinae → Epiphylloides → Epiphylli Curt Backeberg (1958): Die Cactaceae, Band 1 (provided for historical interest only) |
van der Meer, Maarten H.J. (2022, February 5). Zygocactus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/zygocactus
Helmut Genaust (1996): Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen, 3. Auflage
William T. Stearn (1983): Botanical Latin, 3rd Edition: 53