Cylindropuntia imbricata subsp. spinosior

Cylindropuntia imbricata subsp. spinosior (Engelm.) M.A.Barker, Cloud-H. & Majure (2019)

🌵 Author(s)	Lucas C. Majure Marc A. Baker Michelle A. Cloud-Hughes
🌵 Basionym	Opuntia whipplei var. spinosior (1856)
🌵 Basionym author(s)	George Engelmann
🌵 Basionym published in	Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 307 (1856)

Etymology

Latin spīnōsĭor ‘spinier’. For the “numerous radial spines” (Engelmann: “aculeis plurimis radiantibus”) compared to Opuntia whipplei var. whipplei and Opuntia whipplei var. laevior (now both Cylindropuntia whipplei subsp. whipplei).