Epiphyllum grandilobum
(F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose (1913)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Joseph Nelson RoseNathaniel Lord Britton |
🌵 Basionym | Phyllocactus grandilobus (1902) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | Albert Weber |
Latin grandis ‘large’ + Latin lŏbus ‘lobe’. For the large lobes on the stems. Weber: “The species appears quite distinct and is remarkable at first sight for the extraordinary width of its fronds, bordered by enormous lobes”.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Epiphyllum grandilobum. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/epiphyllum-grandilobum