Cephalocereus sanchezmejoradae
(A.B.Lau) H.J.Tapia & S.Arias (2017)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Héctor J. Tapia |
| 🌵 Basionym | Neobuxbaumia sanchezmejoradae (1994) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Alfred Lau |
Named for Mexican cactus specialist Hernando Sánchez Mejorada (1926-1988).
The species is known in Mixtec as tunshichi (David Yetman, The Great Cacti: Ethnobotany & Biogeography: 143. 2007).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Oct 12). Cephalocereus sanchezmejoradae. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/cephalocereus-sanchezmejoradae