Cylindropuntia prolifera
(Engelm.) F.M.Knuth (1936)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Frederik Marcus Knuth |
| 🌵 Basionym | Opuntia prolifera (1852) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | George Engelmann | 🌵 Basionym published in | Amer. J. Sci. Arts ser. 2, 14: 338 (1852) |
Latin prōlĭfer (feminine prōlĭfĕra) ‘proliferating, producing offsets’. For the growth habit, “forming impenetrable thickets” (Engelmann).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Oct 07). Cylindropuntia prolifera. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/cylindropuntia-prolifera