Lemaireocereus lepidanthus
(Eichlam) S.Arias & Terrazas (2009)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Salvador Arias MontesTeresa Terrazas |
🌵 Basionym | Cereus lepidanthus (1909) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | Federico Eichlam |
🌵 Type of | Anisocereus |
Greek lepis (stem lepid-) ‘scale’ + Greek anthos ‘flower’. For the “strange growths [on the plants] up to the size of a hen’s egg, densely covered with membranous scales, the tips of which protruded or were bent back” (Eichlam), which Eichlam first thought to be epiphytic bromeliads but turned out to be flower buds.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Lemaireocereus lepidanthus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/lemaireocereus-lepidanthus