Bergerocactus emoryi
('Bergerocereus emoryi') (Engelm.) Britton & Rose (1909)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Joseph Nelson RoseNathaniel Lord Britton |
| 🌵 Basionym | Cereus emoryi (1852) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | George Engelmann |
| 🌵 Type of | Bergerocactus |
Named for American surveyor and civil engineer Major General William Hemsley Emory (1811-1887). The species was discovered by British-American botanist Charles Christopher Parry (1823-1890), who was “attached to Col. Emory’s corps in the survey of the Mexican boundary” (Engelmann).
Britton and Rose erroneously published this species under the name Bergerocereus emoryi.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Bergerocactus emoryi. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/bergerocactus-emoryi