Cumulopuntia boliviana subsp. echinacea
(F.Ritter) D.R.Hunt (2002)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | David Hunt |
| 🌵 Basionym | Tephrocactus echinaceus (1964) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Friedrich Ritter |
Latin ĕchīnācĕus ‘hedgehog-like’. For the “usually […] very strong and long” spines (Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 3: 884. 1980).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Oct 13). Cumulopuntia boliviana subsp. echinacea. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/cumulopuntia-boliviana-subsp-echinacea