Pachycereus pringlei (Mexican Giant Cardon) is a tall cactus with a trunk and several erect, blue-green to dark green branches with 10 to …
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Epithet: pringlei
Derivation: Honors Cyrus Guernsey Pringle (1838-1911), an American botanist who spent a career of 35 years cataloguing the plants of North America.
Pronunciation: PRING-lee-eye
While the generic name must be unique, two or more genera often share the same specific epithet. Moreover, the same epithet can be used for subspecies, varieties, and forms within a species. Here is a list of plants that share this epithet.