Cumulopuntia ignota

Cumulopuntia ignota (Britton & Rose) F.Ritter ex D.R.Hunt (2005)

🌵 Author(s)	David Hunt
🌵 Basionym	Opuntia ignota (1919)
🌵 Basionym author(s)	Joseph Nelson Rose Nathaniel Lord Britton
🌵 Basionym published in	Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 1: 99 (1919)

Etymology

Latin ignōtus ‘unknown, unrecognized, overlooked’. Not explained by Britton & Rose. Presumably because the species was previously overlooked.