Echinocereus rigidissimus subsp. rubispinus
(G.Frank & A.B.Lau) N.P.Taylor (1997)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Nigel Taylor |
🌵 Basionym | Echinocereus pectinatus var. rubispinus (1982) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | Alfred LauGerhard R.W. Frank | 🌵 Basionym published in | Kakteen And. Sukk. 33(2): 35 (1982) |
An incorrectly formed compound of either Latin rÅbÄ«nus ‘ruby’ or Latin rÅber (stem rÅbr-) ‘red’ + Latin –spÄ«nus ‘-spined’ (the compound should correctly be rubinispinus or rubrispinus). For the “dense ruby-red spination” (Frank & Lau). The epithet is often corrected to rubrispinus. Rubispinus means ‘blackberry-spined’ (Latin rÅbus ‘blackberry’). See also Copiapoa coquimbana subsp. rubispina.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 13). Echinocereus rigidissimus subsp. rubispinus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/echinocereus-rigidissimus-subsp-rubispinus