Cylindropuntia alcahes subsp. mcgillii
(Rebman) Rebman (2019)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Jon Paul Rebman |
🌵 Basionym | Cylindropuntia alcahes var. mcgillii (2015) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | Jon Paul Rebman | 🌵 Basionym published in | Madroño 62(1): 50 (2015) |
Named for American botanist Lyle A. McGill “for his contribution to cactus research in Baja California and Arizona. Suggested English common name is McGill’s Cholla” (Rebman 2015).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 27). Cylindropuntia alcahes subsp. mcgillii. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/cylindropuntia-alcahes-subsp-mcgillii