Harrisia taetra

Harrisia taetra Areces ()
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Etymology

Latin taeter (stem taetr-) ‘offensive, hideous, horrid’. For “its thick and cylindrical branches covered with numerous and very long black spines, an exceptional fact in a genus of plants with a generally slender and delicate habit” (Areces: “sus gruesas y cilindricas ramas cubiertas de numerosas y larguΓ­simas espinas negras, hecho excepcional en un genero de plantas, por lo general, de porte esbelto y grΓ‘cil”).


How to cite

Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Harrisia taetra. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/harrisia-taetra