Cephalocereus nudus

Cephalocereus nudus E.Y.Dawson ()
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Etymology

Latin nÅ«dus ‘naked’. For the very few spines.

The species is known in Nahuatl simply as nochtli ‘cactus’ (David Yetman, The Great Cacti: Ethnobotany & Biogeography: 147-148. 2007 [as Neobuxbaumia squamulosa]).


How to cite

Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Jul 06). Cephalocereus nudus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/cephalocereus-nudus