Cylindropuntia hystrix
(Griseb.) Areces (1976)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Alberto Areces-Mallea |
🌵 Basionym | Opuntia hystrix (1866) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | August Grisebach | 🌵 Basionym published in | Cat. Pl. Cub. [Grisebach] 117 (1866) |
Greek hystrix ‘crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata Linnaeus, 1758)’. For the strong spination.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 19). Cylindropuntia hystrix. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/cylindropuntia-hystrix