Corryocactus apiciflorus
(Vaupel) Hutchison (1963)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Paul Clifford Hutchison |
🌵 Basionym | Cereus apiciflorus (1913) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | Friedrich Vaupel | 🌵 Basionym published in | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50(2-3, Beibl. 111): 15 (1913) |
Latin ăpex (stem ăpĭc-) ‘tip’ + Latin –flōrus ‘-flowered’. For the flowers that appear very close to the stem tip. Published simultaneously with Cereus acranthus (= Haageocereus acranthus) (Greek akros ‘tip’ + Greek anthos ‘flower’).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Corryocactus apiciflorus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/corryocactus-apiciflorus