Ariocarpus subgen. Leiothele
K.Schum. (1897)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Karl Schumann | 🌵 Published in | Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 604 (1897) |
| 🌵 Type | not cited |
Greek leios ‘smooth’ + Greek thÄ“lÄ“ ‘nipple’. For the unfurrowed tubercles, unlike the species in the subgenera Aegopodothele and Chasmatothele.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Ariocarpus subgen. Leiothele. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/ariocarpus-subgen-leiothele