Echinocereus datae
Laferr. (1997)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Joseph Laferrière | 🌵 Published in | Desert Pl. 13: 28 (1997) |
Not explained by Laferrière. Since he named the three other cactus species he described (Mammillaria luthieniae, Mammillaria tinuvieliae and Mammillaria melilotiae) after Tolkien characters perhaps named after Data (played by Brent Spiner), a character from the then-popular Star Trek: The Next Generation franchise?
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Echinocereus datae. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/echinocereus-datae