Copiapoa longistaminea subsp. imperialis
Piombetti (2015)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Andrea Piombetti | 🌵 Published in | Xerophilia 4(3): 78 (2015) |
Latin impĕrĭālis ‘imperial’. Not explained by Piombetti. Perhaps for the attractive yellow spines.
van der Meer, Maarten H.J. (2022, February 2). Copiapoa longistaminea subsp. imperialis. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/copiapoa-longistaminea-subsp-imperialis