Cylindropuntia echinocarpa
(Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) F.M.Knuth (1936)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Frederik Marcus Knuth |
| 🌵 Basionym | Opuntia echinocarpa (1856) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | George EngelmannJohn Milton Bigelow | 🌵 Basionym published in | Syn. Cact. U. S.: 49 (1856) |
Greek echinos ‘hedgehog’ + Greek karpos ‘fruit’. For the densely spined fruit.
The English name Wiggins’ cholla originally referred to Cylindropuntia wigginsii, which is now considered a synonym.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Aug 15). Cylindropuntia echinocarpa. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/cylindropuntia-echinocarpa