Haageocereus versicolor
(Werderm. & Backeb.) Backeb. (1935)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Curt Backeberg |
| 🌵 Basionym | Cereus versicolor (1931) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Curt BackebergErich Werdermann |
Latin versĭcŏlor ‘of various colors’. For “the often zonally growing color of the spines” (Werdermann in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. xxx: 62. 1932).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 19). Haageocereus versicolor. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/haageocereus-versicolor