Pilosocereus floccosus subsp. quadricostatus
(F.Ritter) Zappi (1994)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Daniela Cristina Zappi |
🌵 Basionym | Pilosocereus quadricostatus (1979) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | Friedrich Ritter | 🌵 Basionym published in | Kakteen Südamerika 1: 78 (1979) |
Latin quādrĭ– ‘four’ + Latin costātus ‘ribbed’. For the usually four ribs. Published simultaneously with Pilosocereus multicostatus (Latin multus ‘many’), which has 15-26 ribs.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Oct 13). Pilosocereus floccosus subsp. quadricostatus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/pilosocereus-floccosus-subsp-quadricostatus