Tacinga × flammea J.G.Freitas & E.M.Almeida
, Phytotaxa 490(3): 247 (2021).
External links to taxonomic opinions:
- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77216162-1
- Publication
- Phytotaxa
- Collation
- 490(3): 247
- Date of Publication
- 16 Mar 2021
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Cactaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- Almeida 1980
- Locality
- Pedra Azul, 720m
- Collection Date
- 17 Dec 2016
- Type Herbaria
- holotype EAN EAN23542
- Latitude
- 16° 45" S
- Longitude
- 41° 15' 59" W
- Distribution Of Types
- Minas Gerais (Brazil Southeast, Brazil, Southern America)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.490.3.2 The specific epithet is from the Latin flammeus 'flaming, flame-colored', in reference to the gradual outward color change (from orange to red) of the perianth segments, that gives it the appearance of a flaming torch.