Cereus lamprospermus subsp. colosseus
(F.Ritter) P.J.Braun & Esteves (1995)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Eddie Esteves PereiraPierre Braun |
| 🌵 Basionym | Piptanthocereus colosseus (1980) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Friedrich Ritter | 🌵 Basionym published in | Kakteen Südamerika 2: 553 (1980) |
Latin cŏlossēus ‘huge, gigantic’. For the 10 to 15 m high stems.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 02). Cereus lamprospermus subsp. colosseus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/cereus-lamprospermus-subsp-colosseus