Cactites distans
Mart. (1822)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius |
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”.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Cactites distans. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/cactites-distans