Discocactus ferricola
Buining & Brederoo (1975)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Albert BuiningArnold Brederoo | 🌵 Published in | Kakteen And. Sukk. 26(1): 2 (1975) |
Latin ferrum ‘iron’+ Latin –cŏla ‘inhabitor’. For the occurrence on “rocks of manganese ore” (Buining & Brederoo). Manganese is a metal that resembles iron.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 11). Discocactus ferricola. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/discocactus-ferricola