Cleistocactus hildegardiae
F.Ritter (1980)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Friedrich Ritter | 🌵 Published in | Kakteen Südamerika 2: 685 (1980) |
Latin Hildegardĭae, genitive (possessive) form of Hildegardĭa, latinization of Hildegard. Named for Friedrich Ritter’s sister Hildegard “Hilde” Winter, who distributed the seeds he collected in South America.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 17). Cleistocactus hildegardiae. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/cleistocactus-hildegardiae