Cleistocactus brookeae
('Brookei') Cárdenas (1952)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | MartÃn Cárdenas | 🌵 Published in | Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 24(5): 144 (1952) |
Named for British botanist Winifred Mary Adelaide Brooke (1893-1975), who collected the species. The original spelling Brookei (masculine) is correctable to brookeae (feminine) under article 60.8 of the International Code of Nomenclature.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Cleistocactus brookeae. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/cleistocactus-brookeae