Pachycereus pringlei

Pachycereus pringlei (S.Watson) Britton & Rose (1909)

🌵 Author(s)	Joseph Nelson Rose Nathaniel Lord Britton
🌵 Basionym	Cereus pringlei (1885)
🌵 Basionym author(s)	Sereno Watson
🌵 Type of	Pachycereus

Etymology

Named for American botanist, plant collector and explorer Cyrus Guernsey Pringle (1838-1911). Watson: “This very interesting addition to the C. giganteus [= Carnegiea gigantea] group was found by Mr. C. G. Pringle scattered over the hills and mesas south of the Altar River in Nortliwestern Sonora, within 75 miles of the boundary.”