Reicheocactus
Backeb. (1942)
Etymology
šµ Author(s) | Curt Backeberg |
šµ Type | Reicheocactus pseudoreicheanus |
Reiche + Cactus. Named for the type species, Reicheocactus pseudoreicheanus, which Backeberg called “the false reichei” because it had been incorrectly identified as Echinocactus reichei K.Schum. That species was named for German botanist Karl Friedrich Reiche (1860-1929), who had sent it to Schumann from Santiago de Chile.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 14). Reicheocactus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/reicheocactus