Matucana haynei subsp. hystrix
(Rauh & Backeb.) Mottram (1997)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Roy Mottram |
| 🌵 Basionym | Matucana hystrix (1957) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Curt BackebergWerner Rauh |
Greek hystrix ‘crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata Linnaeus, 1758)’. For the “coarse and long spination” (Rauh, Beitr. Kennt. Peruan. Kakteenveg.: 120. 1958).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 19). Matucana haynei subsp. hystrix. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/matucana-haynei-subsp-hystrix