Discocactus zehntneri subsp. petrhalfarii
('petr-halfarii') (Zachar) M.R.Santos & M.C.Machado (2015)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Marianna Rodrigues SantosMarlon Machado |
| 🌵 Basionym | Discocactus petrhalfarii (2008) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Milan Zachar |
Named for Petr Halfar, son of Miroslav Halfar, one of the discoverers of the species, who died in a car crash in 2005.
Zachar’s original spelling petr-halfari is correctable to petrhalfarii under the articles 60.8 and 60.11 of the International Code of Nomenclature. Sanchos & Machado spelled it petr-halfarii.
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