Cactites tesselatus
Mart. (1822)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius |
Latin tessellātus ‘checkered, tessellated’. Presumably for the “contiguous rhombiform areolæ”.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 17). Cactites tesselatus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/cactites-tesselatus