Leucostele atacamensis subsp. pasacana
(F.A.C.Weber ex Rümpler) Schlumpb. (2021)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Boris Schlumpberger |
| 🌵 Basionym | Pilocereus pasacana |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Theodor Rümpler | 🌵 Basionym published in | Handb. Cacteenk. (ed. 2 - Rümpler): 678 (1886) |
Pasacana, a local vernacular name for the species (Weber, cited in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 3: 165-166. 1893). According to Fechser & Dimitri (in Parodi & Dimitri, Enciclopedia Argentina de Agricultura y JardinerÃa. 1977), in Humahuaca, the fruits are called pasacana while the plants themselves are called cardón. Rümpler misinterpreted the name as an adjective (“Pilocereus pasacanus“, Pasaca-Haar-Kerzencactus ‘Pasaca hair candle-cactus’) and claimed it referred to the “very narrow habitat”, i.e. the “valleys of the cordilleras from Catamarca to Salta”. This interpretation was explicitly rejected by Weber (l.c.).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Dec 01). Leucostele atacamensis subsp. pasacana. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/leucostele-atacamensis-subsp-pasacana