Parodia neohorstii

Parodia neohorstii N.P.Taylor ()
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🌵 BasionymNotocactus neohorstii ()
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Etymology

Greek neos ‘new’ + horstii. Named for German-Brazilian cactus collector Leopold (Leopoldo) Horst (1918-1987), who discovered the species together with Heinrich Büneker in 1965. Notocactus neohorstii was a new name for Wigginsia horstii F.Ritter (1979) to avoid homonymy with Notocactus horstii F.Ritter (1966) (= Parodia horstii). It was named only for Horst because he had previously discovered Wigginsia horstii var. juvenaliformis (now considered a synonym of Parodia neohorstii).


How to cite

Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Nov 24). Parodia neohorstii. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/parodia-neohorstii