Facheiroa

Facheiroa Britton & Rose ()
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🌡 Type Facheiroa pubiflora
Etymology

Portuguese facheiro ‘torch’, vernacular name for many columnar cacti, primarily Pilosocereus pachycladus (compare Cereus ‘wax-light, taper’). Britton & Rose: “The generic name is from the common Brazilian one used for a number of the cacti, this one being called facheiro preto da Serra de Cannabrava [= Serra Canabrava]”.


How to cite

Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 14). Facheiroa. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/facheiroa