π΅ Author(s) | Joseph Nelson RoseNathaniel Lord Britton |
π΅ Basionym | Mammillaria subgen. Dolichothele (1898) |
π΅ Basionym author(s) | Karl Schumann |
π΅ Type | Dolichothele longimamma |
Greek dolichos ‘long’ + Greek thΔlΔ ‘nipple’. For the elongated tubercles. Compare the epithet of the type species, Dolichothele longimamma (Latin longus ‘long’ + Latin mamma ‘breast, teat’).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Dolichothele. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/dolichothele