Rebutia ritteri
(Wessner) Buining & Donald (1963)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Albert BuiningJohn Donald |
🌵 Basionym | Lobivia ritteri (1938) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | Wilhelm Wessner | 🌵 Basionym published in | Beitr. Sukkulentenk. Sukkulentenpflege 1: 3 (1938) |
Named for German botanist Friedrich Ritter (1898-1989), who collected the species in Bolivia in 1931. Wessner: “I have named it in honor of the collector.”
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 14). Rebutia ritteri. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/rebutia-ritteri