🌵 Author(s) | Carl August Ehrenberg |
🌵 Type | Pelecyphora aselliformis |
Greek pelekys ‘axe, hatchet’ + Greek -phoros ‘carrying’. For the hatchet-shaped tubercles. “The name is not particularly well chosen” (Theodor Rümpler, Handb. Cacteenk. (ed. 2 – Rümpler): 236. 1886).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 14). Pelecyphora. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Pelecyphora