Cactus speciosissimus
Desf. (1817)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | René Louiche Desfontaines |
Latin spĕcĭōsissĭmus ‘more beautiful [than Cactus speciosus = Disocactus speciosus; Latin speciosus ‘beautiful’?], very beautiful’. For the flowers. Desfontaines called this a “beautiful plant”.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Cactus speciossimus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/cactus-speciossimus