Cleistocactus candelilla
Cárdenas (1952)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | MartÃn Cárdenas | 🌵 Published in | Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 24(5): 146 (1952) |
Spanish candelilla ‘small candle’. The vernacular name of the species in Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, Bolivia, according to Cárdenas in allusion to the “flame-like flowers”.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Cleistocactus candelilla. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/cleistocactus-candelilla