External links to taxonomic opinions:
- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:87841-2
- Publication
- Cactaceae, The (Britton & Rose). Descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family
- Collation
- 3: 41
- Date of Publication
- 12 Oct 1922
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Cactaceae
Type Information
- Locality
- on the mesa, near Santa Maria Bay, Lower California
- Distribution Of Types
- Baja California (Mexico Northwest, Mexico, Northern America)
- Type Remarks
- collection: J. N. Rose ... March 18, 1911 (No. 16278); C. R. Orcutt ... in 1917
Nomenclatural Notes
as 'barthelowanus'
Remarks
Etymology: 'The species is named for Captain Benjamin Barthelow, in whose company Dr. Rose collected the plant while making a cruise in the Lower California waters on the U.S. Steamer Albatross in 1911.'