Sclerocactus wrightiae
L.D.Benson (1966)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Lyman Benson |
Named for American botanist and cactus expert Dorothea “Dorde” Woodruff (1928-2018), who discovered the species in 1961. She was already divorced from her first husband Robert Wright when Benson published the name. Kipp Lee (Sego Lily 42(2): 20. 2019): “Without consulting Dorde or realizing she had remarried, Benson named Sclerocactus wrightiae after her using her divorced name in 1966. This would always be a mild irritation to her.”
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 09). Sclerocactus wrightiae. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/sclerocactus-wrightiae