Cereus repandus
(L.) Mill. (1768)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Philip Miller |
| 🌵 Basionym | Cactus repandus (1753) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Carl Linnaeus |
Latin repandus ‘wavy-margined’. For the “compressed, wavy ribs” (Linnaeus: “angulis compressis undatis”).
The species is known in Papiamento as kadushi (Bonaire, Curaçao), breebree and breba (Aruba) (Candelabra cactus Cereus repandus, Dutch Caribbean Species Register, accessed July 12, 2022).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Jul 12). Cereus repandus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/cereus-repandus