Espostoa mirabilis
F.Ritter (1964)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Friedrich Ritter |
Latin mīrābĭlis ‘wonderful, marvellous, extraordinary, amazing, admirable, strange, singular’. Not explained by Ritter. According to Eggli & Newton (Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. 2004) “for the appearance”.
Not to be confused with ×Haagespostoa mirabilis.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Aug 26). Espostoa mirabilis. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/espostoa-mirabilis