Copiapoa aphanes
Mächler & Helmut Walter (2005)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Helmut WalterWendelin Mächler | 🌵 Published in | Kakteen And. Sukk. 56(4): 101 (2005) |
Greek aphanÄ“s ‘unseen, unnoticed, obscure’, translated by the authors as ‘hidden, inconspicuous’ (“versteckt, unscheinbar”). The species was discovered in a well-explored area. The authors quote Graham Charles (Copiapoa: 6. 1998): “Even though the habitat range of Copiapoa has been extensively explored, there are probably more distinct species and varieties to be discovered and described[,] […] perhaps inconspicuous plants with a limited distribution, and so the story of the genus continues.”
Compare Cryptocereus.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Copiapoa aphanes. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/copiapoa-aphanes