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.
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