Lepismium lumbricoides
(Lem.) Barthlott (1987)
Etymology
Ophiorhipsalis (Lepismium) lumbricoides. Image credit: Sadambio / CC BY-SA 2.5
| 🌵 Author(s) | Wilhelm Barthlott |
| 🌵 Basionym | Cereus lumbricoides (1839) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Charles Lemaire |
| 🌵 Type of | Ophiorhipsalis |
Latin lumbricus ‘earthworm, intestinal worm’ + Greek –oeidÄ“s ‘resembling’. For the worm-like branches. See also Ophiorhipsalis.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 02). Lepismium lumbricoides. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/lepismium-lumbricoides