Echinocereus ferreiranus
('ferreirianus') H.E.Gates (1953)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Howard Elliott Gates |
Named for Enrique Ferreira, “former Consul of Mexico at San Diego, California, whose kindly cooperation greatly faciliated the author’s many exploring trips into Lower California” (Gates). The epithet was originally spelled ferreirianus, but ferreiranus is the correct spelling under Art. 60.8(c) of the International Code of Nomenclature.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Sep 09). Echinocereus ferreiranus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/echinocereus-ferreiranus