Cephalocereus polylophus

Cephalocereus polylophus (DC.) Britton & Rose (1909)

🌵 Author(s)	Joseph Nelson Rose Nathaniel Lord Britton
🌵 Basionym	Cereus polylophus (1828)
🌵 Basionym author(s)	Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
🌵 Basionym published in	Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 115 (1828)

Etymology

Greek poly ‘many’ + Greek lophē ‘crest’, used by De Candolle for ‘rib’ (compare Echinocereus pentalophus). For the large number of ribs (15-18).