Corryocactus erectus
(Backeb.) F.Ritter (1981)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Friedrich Ritter |
| 🌵 Basionym | Erdisia erecta (1942) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Curt Backeberg |
Latin ērectus ‘erect, upright’. For the erect growth form, which distinguishes the species from Erdisia squarrosa (= Corryocactus squarrosus) (Backeberg in Feddes Repert. 51: 62. 1942).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Aug 26). Corryocactus erectus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/corryocactus-erectus