Selenicereus pteranthus f. macdonaldiae
(Hook.) Ralf Bauer (2003)
Etymology
đ” Author(s) | Ralf Bauer |
đ” Basionym | Cereus macdonaldiae (1853) |
đ” Basionym author(s) | William Jackson Hooker |
Named for “Mrs. General MacDonald”, who sent a cutting from (British) Honduras to Kew, presumably Susannah MacDonald nĂ©e Fox-Strangways, the wife of Alexander Archibald MacDonald, superintendent of British Honduras (now Belize).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Selenicereus pteranthus f. macdonaldiae. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/selenicereus-pteranthus-f-macdonaldiae