Selenicereus monacanthus
(Lem.) D.R.Hunt (2017)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | David Hunt |
| 🌵 Basionym | Cereus monacanthus (1844) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Charles Lemaire | 🌵 Basionym published in | Hort. Universel 6: 60 (1844). |
Greek monos ‘alone, solitary’ + Greek akantha ‘spine’. For the “single and very short spine” per areole (Lemaire).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Oct 12). Selenicereus monacanthus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/selenicereus-monacanthus