Selenicereus wercklei
(F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose (1920)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Joseph Nelson RoseNathaniel Lord Britton |
| 🌵 Basionym | Cereus wercklei (1902) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Albert Weber | 🌵 Basionym published in | Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) 8: 460 (1902) |
Named for French-German botanist Karl “Carlos” Wercklé (1860-1924), who collected the species in the Cerro Mogote near Miravalles, Costa Rica.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 15). Selenicereus wercklei. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/selenicereus-wercklei