Echinocereus papillosus
Linke ex Rümpler (1886)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Theodor Rümpler | 🌵 Basionym published in | Handb. Cacteenk. (ed. 2 - Rümpler) ed. 2: 783 (1886) |
Latin păpilla ‘nipple’ + Latin –ōsus ‘full of’. For the ribs which are dissolved into tubercles. Rümpler gave the species the German name Warzen-Igel-Kerzencactus ‘tubercle hedgehog candle-cactus’. Not to be confused with Peniocereus papillosus (basionym Wilcoxia papillosa).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Mar 04). Echinocereus papillosus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/echinocereus-papillosus