Oreocereus doelzianus subsp. sericatus
(F.Ritter) Mottram (2002)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Roy Mottram |
| 🌵 Basionym | Morawetzia sericata (1981) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Friedrich Ritter | 🌵 Basionym published in | Kakteen Südamerika 4: 1367 (1981) |
Latin sērĭcātus ‘dressed in silk’. For the “silky, twisted hairs” (Ritter) that cover the stems, which distinguishes the taxon from Morawetzia doelziana (= Oreocereus doelzianus subsp. doelzianus) and Morawetzia doelziana f. calva (= Oreocereus doelzianus subsp. calvus).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Dec 07). Oreocereus doelzianus subsp. sericatus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/oreocereus-doelzianus-subsp-sericatus