Oreocereus leucotrichus
(Phil.) Wagenkn. (1956)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Rodolfo Wagenknecht |
🌵 Basionym | Echinocactus leucotrichus (1891) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | Rudolph Amandus Philippi |
🌵 Type of | Arequipa |
Greek leukos ‘white’ + Greek thrix (stem trich-) ‘hair’. For the white hairs covering the plant body.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Oreocereus leucotrichus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/oreocereus-leucotrichus