Cryptocarpocactus

Cryptocarpocactus Guiggi (2024)

🌵 Author(s)	Alessandro Guiggi
🌵 Published in	Cactology 5(Suppl. 15): 10 (2024)
🌵 Type	Mammillaria luethyi

Etymology

Greek kryptos ‘hidden’ + Greek karpos ‘fruit’ + Cactus. For the fruits that dry and disintegrate inside the stem. Guiggi: “a compound name from Greek crypto “hidden” and carpo from Latinized form of Greek karpos “fruit”, referred to the hidden fruit in the stem, with the addition of the Latin cactus.”

Compare Yavia cryptocarpa.