Cephalocereus hoppenstedtii

Cephalocereus hoppenstedtii (Roezl ex Rümpler) K.Schum. (1894)

🌵 Author(s)	Karl Schumann
🌵 Basionym	Pilocereus hoppenstedtii (1885)
🌵 Basionym author(s)	Theodor Rümpler
🌵 Type of	Haseltonia

Etymology

Rümpler, who attributed the name to Benedikt Roezl: “We cannot give any information about Hoppenstedt.” According to Rud. Meyer (Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 4(5), 1894: 80) the species is named for a Mr. Hoppenstedt, a plantation owner who accompanied his friend Albert Weber on the expedition during which it was discovered (near Zapotitlán, Puebla, Mexico).