Echinocereus engelmannii subsp. porphyrogenitus
M.H.J.van der Meer (2022)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Maarten H.J. van der Meer | 🌵 Published in | Cact. Phantast. 2022(1)-1: 3 (2022) |
Latin porphyrōgĕnĭtus (Greek porphyrogennētos) ‘purple-born’. For the central spines, which are bright purple when young.
This is a new name for Echinocereus engelmannii var. purpureus.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 11). Echinocereus engelmannii subsp. porphyrogenitus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/echinocereus-engelmannii-subsp-porphyrogenitus