Echinocereus dasyacanthus subsp. crockettianus
D.Felix & H.Bauer (2014)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Dieter FelixHerbert Bauer | 🌵 Published in | Echinocereus Online-J. 2(Sonderheft): V (2014) |
Named for David “Davy” Crocket (1786-1836), “a legendary frontiersman, who fell at the Battle of the Alamo. Crockett County, Texas, where the species occurs, was named in his honor” (Felix and Bauer).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 02). Echinocereus dasyacanthus subsp. crockettianus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/echinocereus-dasyacanthus-subsp-crockettianus