Cleistocactus hyalacanthus
(K.Schum.) Rol.-Goss. (1904)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Robert Roland-Gosselin |
| 🌵 Basionym | Cereus hyalacanthus (1897) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Karl Schumann |
Greek hyalos ‘glass, crystal’ + Greek akantha ‘spine’. For the spines, described by Schumann as “as bright as glass” (“glashell[]”).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Cleistocactus hyalacanthus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/cleistocactus-hyalacanthus