Haageocereus pseudomelanostele subsp. aureispinus
(Rauh & Backeb.) Ostolaza (1996)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Carlos Ostolaza |
🌵 Basionym | Haageocereus aureispinus (1958) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | Curt BackebergWerner Rauh | 🌵 Basionym published in | Beitr. Kennt. Peruan. Kakteenveg.: 404 (1958) |
Latin aurÄ•us ‘golden’ + Latin –spÄ«nus ‘-spined’. For the “bright yellow spination” (Rauh & Backeberg). Compare Haageocereus pseudomelanostele subsp. chryseus and Haageocereus chrysacanthus (= Haageocereus pseudomelanostele subsp. pseudomelanostele).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Sep 14). Haageocereus pseudomelanostele subsp. aureispinus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/haageocereus-pseudomelanostele-subsp-aureispinus