Myrtillocactus eichlamii
Britton & Rose (1920)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Joseph Nelson RoseNathaniel Lord Britton |
Named for German cactus collector Friedrich Eichlam (?-1911), who found the species in Guatemala. “This species is described from a plant sent by the late Federico Eichlam, in 1909, from Guatemala, which flowered in Washington, April 1910.”
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Myrtillocactus eichlamii. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/myrtillocactus-eichlamii