Austrocactus praecox E.Sarnes & N.Sarnes
, Kakteen And. Sukk. 71(8): 228 (2020).
External links to taxonomic opinions:
- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77212899-1
- Publication
- Kakteen und Andere Sukkulenten. Berlin
- Collation
- 71(8): 228
- Date of Publication
- Aug 2020
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Cactaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- E.Sarnes & N.Sarnes 18313
- Locality
- Dpto. Malargüe, at the border of the Nature Reserve La Payunia, 1820m
- Collection Date
- Nov 2019
- Type Herbaria
- holotype MERL 64275
- Distribution Of Types
- Mendoza (Argentina Northwest, Southern South America, Southern America)
Remarks
The epithet 'praecox' is of Latin origin and means early maturity, to indicate that very young plants are capable of flowering.