Echinocereus pulchellus subsp. venustus

Echinocereus pulchellus subsp. venustus W.Blum & W.Rischer (1998)

🌵 Author(s)

Werner Rischer Wolfgang Blum

Etymology

Latin vĕnustus ‘charming, beautiful’. Publication not seen. Presumably for the attractive flowers. Compare the epithet of the species Echinocereus pulchellus (Latin pulchellus ‘beautiful little’) and that of Echinocereus pulchellus var. amoenus (Latin ămoenus ‘pleasant, delightful, charming’).