Coryphantha robustispina

Coryphantha robustispina (A.Schott ex Engelm.) Britton & Rose ()
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🌵 BasionymMammillaria robustispina ()
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Etymology

Latin rōbustus ‘stout, firm, hard’ + Latin –spīnus ‘-spined’. For the “12 to 15 stout radial spines, the lower ones even stouter, often curved” (Engelmann: “aculeis radialibus 12-15 robustis inferioribus robustioribus saepe curvatis”).


How to cite

Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Coryphantha robustispina. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/coryphantha-robustispina

Common name
long-tubercle beehive cactus

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