Acanthocalycium leucanthum
(Gillies ex Salm-Dyck) Schlumpb. (2012)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Boris Schlumpberger |
| 🌵 Basionym | Echinocactus leucanthus |
| 🌵 Basionym published in | Hort. Dyck.: 341 (1834) |
Greek leukos ‘white’ + Greek anthos ‘flower’. For the flower color.
Salm-Dyck noted that the species was in cultivation under the name Echinocactus ambiguus.
van der Meer, Maarten H.J. (2022, July 20). Acanthocalycium leucanthum. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/acanthocalycium-leucanthum