Armatocereus cartwrightianus

Armatocereus cartwrightianus (Britton & Rose) Backeb. (1935)

🌵 Author(s)	Curt Backeberg
🌵 Basionym	Lemaireocereus cartwrightianus (1920)
🌵 Basionym author(s)	Joseph Nelson Rose Nathaniel Lord Britton
🌵 Basionym published in	Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 2: 100 (1920)

Etymology

Britton & Rose: “It is named for Mr. Alfred Cartwright who has for many years been commected with the British Consular Service at Guayaquil [Ecuador] and who has aided many visiting scientists. Mr. Cartwright first described this plant to us and directed us to its peculiar habit.”