Aztekium ritteri
('Ritterii') (Boed.) Boed. (1929)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Friedrich Bödeker |
| 🌵 Basionym | Echinocactus ritteri (1928) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Friedrich Bödeker |
| 🌵 Type of | Aztekium |
Named for German botanist Friedrich Ritter (1898-1989), who collected the species in Mexico. Bödeker (1928): “I owe this bizarre, strangely pretty and beautiful plant to the kindness of Frau Konrektor Hildeg[ard] Winter in Fechenheim near Frankfurt am Main, whose brother, Herr Friedr[ich] Ritter, was the first to find and collect it over in Mexico, together with other novelties, and in whose honor I have named it.”
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Dec 03). Aztekium ritteri. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/aztekium-ritteri