Echinocereus pectinatus subsp. rutowiorum
('rutowii') W.Blum (2014)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Wolfgang Blum | 🌵 Published in | Cact. Explor. 12: 24 (2014) |
Latin Rutowiо̄rum ‘of the Rutows’. Named for German Echinocereus experts Jürgen and Ruth Rutow. The original epithet rutowii (singular) is correctable to rutowiorum (plural) under article 60.8 of the International Code of Nomenclature.
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