Platyopuntia
Frič & Schelle, nom. illeg. (1935)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Alberto Vojtěch FričErnst Schelle |
| 🌵 Type | not cited |
Greek platys ‘wide, broad’ + Opuntia. For the flattened stems. A name for Opuntia sensu stricto, excluding genera with non-flattened stems like Cylindropuntia, Clavatopuntia and Grusonia.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Platyopuntia. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/Platyopuntia