Coryphantha nickelsiae
(K.Brandegee) Britton & Rose (1923)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Joseph Nelson RoseNathaniel Lord Britton |
| 🌵 Basionym | Mammillaria nickelsiae (1900) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Katharine Brandegee | 🌵 Basionym published in | Zoe 5: 31 (1900) |
Latin Nickelsĭae, genitive (possessive) form of Nickelsĭa, latinization of Nickels. Named for Anna B. Nickels, who collected the species. It ws already commercially available under the name Mammillaria nickelsii when Brandegee described it. She used the spelling Mamillaria Nickelsæ.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 17). Coryphantha nickelsiae. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/coryphantha-nickelsiae