Cactites distans

Cactites distans Mart. ()
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Etymology

Latin distans ‘standing apart, being distant’. Presumably for “the distance of the cicatrices”, which exceeds “the height of the tubercles by two or three times”.


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Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Cactites distans. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/cactites-distans

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