Cephalocereus parvispinus

Cephalocereus parvispinus S.Arias, H.J.Tapia & U.Guzmán (2019)

🌵 Author(s)

Héctor J. Tapia Leonardo Ulises Guzmán Cruz Salvador Arias Montes

Etymology

Latin parvus ‘small’ + Latin –spīnus ‘-spined’. For the small spines compared to Cephalocereus tetetzo: “Cephalocereus parvispinus is similar to C. tetetzo in habit, but differs by the […] spines size (up to 0.4 cm vs. up to 1.4 cm)”.