Cereus jamacaru subsp. calcirupicola
(F.Ritter) N.P.Taylor & Zappi (1997)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Daniela Cristina ZappiNigel Taylor |
| 🌵 Basionym | Piptanthocereus calcirupicola (1979) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Friedrich Ritter | 🌵 Basionym published in | Kakteen Südamerika 1: 234 (1979) |
Latin calx (stem calc-) ‘limestone’ + Latin rūpes ‘rock, cliff’ + Latin –cŏla ‘inhabitor’. For the occurrence on limestone rocks.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Cereus jamacaru subsp. calcirupicola. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/cereus-jamacaru-subsp-calcirupicola