Copiapoa humilis subsp. variispinata
(F.Ritter) D.R.Hunt (2002)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | David Hunt |
| 🌵 Basionym | Copiapoa variispinata (1980) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Friedrich Ritter | 🌵 Basionym published in | Kakteen Südamerika 3: 1070 (1980) |
Latin vărĭus ‘various’ + Latin –spīnātus ‘spined’. Ritter: “This species is characterized by an exceptionally wide range of variation, especially with regard to its spines.”
The epithet is sometimes corrected to varispinata to conform to the compound formation rules of classical Latin (see William T. Stearn, Botanical Latin: 286. 1983), but the spelling variispinata is in accordance with article 60.10 of the International Code of Nomenclature.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 02). Copiapoa humilis subsp. variispinata. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/copiapoa-humilis-subsp-variispinata