Facheiroa cephaliomelana
Buining & Brederoo (1975)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Albert BuiningArnold Brederoo | 🌵 Published in | Kakteen And. Sukk. 26 (6): 121-124 (1975) |
Botanical Latin cephalium ‘cephalium’ (from Greek kephalÄ“ ‘head’) + Greek melas (stem melan-) ‘dark’. For the “black-brown to black” outer hairs on the cephalium.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Sep 07). Facheiroa cephaliomelana. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/facheiroa-cephaliomelana