Pilosocereus multicostatus
F.Ritter (1979)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Friedrich Ritter | 🌵 Published in | Kakteen Südamerika 1: 78 (1979) |
Latin multus ‘many’ + Latin costātus ‘ribbed’. For the large number of ribs (15-26). Published simultaneously with Pilosocereus quadricostatus (Latin quādrĭ– ‘four’) (= Pilosocereus floccosus subsp. quadricostatus).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Aug 16). Pilosocereus multicostatus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/pilosocereus-multicostatus