Armatocereus godingianus

Armatocereus godingianus (Britton & Rose) Backeb. (1938)

🌵 Author(s)	Curt Backeberg
🌵 Basionym	Lemaireocereus godingianus (1920)
🌵 Basionym author(s)	Joseph Nelson Rose Nathaniel Lord Britton
🌵 Basionym published in	Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 2: 91 (1920)

Etymology

Named for Dr. Frederic Webster Goding (1858-1933), “United States Consul-General at Guayaquil, Ecuador, a well-known entomologist, who assisted Dr. Rose in his botanical explorations in Ecuador” (Britton & Rose).

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