🌵 Author(s) | Joseph Nelson RoseNathaniel Lord Britton |
🌵 Type | Arequipa leucotricha |
Named for Arequipa, “the city in Peru near which the type species is found in great abundance”.
🌵 Author(s) | Joseph Nelson RoseNathaniel Lord Britton |
🌵 Type | Arequipa leucotricha |
Named for Arequipa, “the city in Peru near which the type species is found in great abundance”.
[ar-e-QUIP-a] A.T. Johnson, H.A. Smith & A.P. Stockdale (2019): Plant Names Simplified, 3rd Edition |
“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.” |
Oreocereus |
Oreocereus |
Oreocereus |
Oreocereus |
Oreocereus
David Hunt (2006): The New Cactus Lexicon |
Oreocereus |
Arequipa |
Arequipa |
Arequipa |
Cactoideae → Cereeae → Trichocereinae |
Cereoideae → Cereeae → Austrocereeae → Austrocereinae → Loxanthocerei → Brachyloxanthocerei Curt Backeberg (1958): Die Cactaceae, Band 1 (provided for historical interest only) |
🌵 International Plant Names Index |
🌵 Plants of the World Online |
🌵 Tropicos |
🌵 Biodiversity Heritage Library |
🌵 Wikipedia |
🌵 Wikispecies |
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Arequipa. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Arequipa