Epiphyllum altensteinii Pfeiffer

First description:

Pfeiffer, L. (1837): Enumeratio diagnostica cactearum hucusque cognitarum. – L. Oehmigke, Berlin: 128.

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Origin of the name:

Named after Karl vom Stein zum Altenstein (1770-1840), Prussian minister and patron of the Botanical Garden in Berlin.

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See also:

Pfeiffer, L.  & Otto, F. (1843): Abbildung und Beschreibung blühender Cacteen, I. Band.  – Theodor Fischer, Kassel: p. 113-114, Tafel XXVIII.

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Synonyms:

• Zygocactus altensteinii (Pfeiffer) K. Schumann (1890)
• Zygocactus truncatus altensteinii (Pfeiffer) Borg (1937)
• Schlumbergera truncata altensteinii (Pfeiffer) Moran (1953)