Selenicereus extensus
(Salm-Dyck ex DC.) Leuenb. (2001)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Beat Ernst Leuenberger |
🌵 Basionym | Cereus extensus (1828) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | Augustin Pyramus de Candolle | 🌵 Basionym published in | Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3: 469 (1828) |
Latin extÄ“nsus ‘stretched, extended’. For the very long stem segments (De Candolle: “longissimè articulatus”, “[a]rticuli valdè extensi”).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Oct 12). Selenicereus extensus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/selenicereus-extensus