Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa subsp. ramosa
(Peebles) M.A.Baker & Cloud-H. (2019)
Etymology
Image credit: Peebles 1937
| 🌵 Author(s) | Marc A. BakerMichelle A. Cloud-Hughes |
| 🌵 Basionym | Opuntia acanthocarpa var. ramosa (1937) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Robert Hibbs Peebles | 🌵 Basionym published in | Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 9: 37 (1937) |
Latin rāmōsus ‘having many branches, branching, branchy’. For the “densely branched” growth form.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Sep 30). Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa subsp. ramosa. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/cylindropuntia-acanthocarpa-subsp-ramosa