Echinocereus engelmannii subsp. xiphizon
M.H.J.van der Meer (2022)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Maarten H.J. van der Meer | 🌵 Published in | Cact. Phantast. 2022(1)-1: 2 (2022) |
Greek xiphizōn ‘dancing the sword dance’. For the formidable spination.
This is the correct name for Echinocereus engelmannii var. armatus at the rank of subspecies.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Sep 21). Echinocereus engelmannii subsp. xiphizon. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/echinocereus-engelmannii-subsp-xiphizon