Cephalocereus senilis
(Haw.) K.Schum. (1894)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Karl Schumann |
🌵 Basionym | Cactus senilis (1824) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | Adrian Hardy Haworth |
🌵 Type of | Cephalocereus |
Latin sÄ•nÄ«lis ‘of or belonging to old people, aged, senile’. For the long white hairs. Compare the common name old man cactus.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Cephalocereus senilis. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/cephalocereus-senilis