Micranthocereus purpureus
(Gürke) F.Ritter (1968)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Friedrich Ritter |
| 🌵 Basionym | Cephalocereus purpureus (1908) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Max Gürke |
| 🌵 Type of | Austrocephalocereus |
Latin purpÅrÄ•us ‘purple, dark red’. For the flower color, described by Gürke as “purpure[us]” in Latin and as “purpurrot” (“crimson”) in German.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Jul 01). Micranthocereus purpureus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/micranthocereus-purpureus