Type : "collected by J.N. Rose near Valencia, Venezuela, in 1917 (No. 21835) […] We were at first disposed to refer this plant to
H. polyrhizus but when it flowered at New York Botanic Garden in June 1920, it produced a flower strinkingly different [...] they may also occur in
H. bronxensis." [protologue].
Venezuela, Carabobo, Valencia (environs de Puerto Cabello), cultivé au jardin botanique de New York, 06/1920, fleurs, J.N. Rose 21835 (LT:
US00037354 [désigné par Bauer, Cactaceae Syst. Init. 17: 41. 2003]; ILT:
NY00385837).
Venezuela, Carabobo, Valencia (environs de Puerto Cabello), 27/10/1916, J.N. & Mrs. Rose 21835 (ST:
NY00385838,
US00365030).