Gymnocalycium ritterianum
Rausch (1972)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Walter Rausch | 🌵 Published in | Kakteen And. Sukk. 23(7): 180 (1972) |
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.”
#Cacti named for people from Germany #Species accepted in POWO