Weingartia fidana
('fidaiana') (Backeb.) Werderm. (1937)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Erich Werdermann |
| 🌵 Basionym | Echinocactus fidanus (1933) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Curt Backeberg |
| 🌵 Type of | Weingartia
Spegazzinia |
Named for German cactus hobbyist H.F. Fida, editor of Der Kakteenfreund, the journal in which the species was described.
The original spelling fidaiana is correctable to fidana under article 60.8(c) of the International Code of Nomenclature.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Weingartia fidana (‘fidaiana’). Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/weingartia-fidana-fidaiana