Carnegiea gigantea
(Engelm.) Britton & Rose (1908)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Joseph Nelson RoseNathaniel Lord Britton |
| 🌵 Basionym | Cereus giganteus (1852) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | George Engelmann |
| 🌵 Type of | Carnegiea |
Latin gigantÄ“us ‘gigantic’. For the “extraordinary height” (Engelmann).
The plant virus Saguaro cactus virus is named after the common name of this species.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Oct 18). Carnegiea gigantea. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/carnegiea-gigantea