Gymnocalycium ritterianum

Gymnocalycium ritterianum Rausch (1972)

🌵 Author(s)	Walter Rausch
🌵 Published in	Kakteen And. Sukk. 23(7): 180 (1972)

Etymology

Named for German botanist Friedrich Ritter (1898-1989), who collected the species in La Rioja, Argentina. Rausch: “I name this interesting plant after the well-known cactus researcher Friedrich Ritter.”