Peniocereus marianus
(Gentry) Sánchez-Mej. (1962)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Hernándo Sánchez-Mejorada |
| 🌵 Basionym | Wilcoxia mariana (1942) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Howard Scott Gentry |
Latin Mărĭānus ‘Marian, pertaining to Mary’. Named for American botanical collector Marie Ann Cech Gentry (1912-2002), Howard Scott Gentry’s wife.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Jul 11). Peniocereus marianus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/peniocereus-marianus