Lobivia pentlandii
(hort. ex Hook.) Britton & Rose (1922)
Etymology
π΅ Author(s) | Joseph Nelson RoseNathaniel Lord Britton |
π΅ Basionym | Echinocactus pentlandii (1844) |
π΅ Basionym author(s) | William Jackson Hooker |
π΅ Type of | Lobivia |
Named for Irish geographer, natural scientist and traveller Joseph Barclay Pentland (1797-1873), who, according to Theodor RΓΌmpler (Carl Friedrich FΓΆrster’s Handbuch der Cacteenkunde, 2. Auflage: 611. 1886), collected seeds of this species “on the highest mountains” of Peru.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Lobivia pentlandii. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/lobivia-pentlandii