Peniocereus viperinus
(F.A.C.Weber) Buxb. (1975)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Franz Buxbaum |
| 🌵 Basionym | Cereus viperinus (1904) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Albert Weber |
| 🌵 Type of | Cullmannia |
Latin vīpĕrīnus ‘snake-like’. For the long, slender stems. As Weber noted, the species is called organito de víbora ‘viper organito’ in Mexico.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Mar 04). Peniocereus viperinus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/peniocereus-viperinus