Eriosyce paucicostata subsp. floccosa
(F.Ritter) Ferryman (2003)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Roger M. Ferryman |
| 🌵 Basionym | Pyrrhocactus floccosus (1963) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Friedrich Ritter |
Latin floccōsus ‘with tufts of soft hairs’. For the abundant “woolly white hairs” on the areoles (Ritter in Taxon 12: 32. 1963: “costae […] areolis […] pilis lanosis albis 1-2 cm longis copiose vestitis”).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Oct 07). Eriosyce paucicostata subsp. floccosa. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/eriosyce-paucicostata-subsp-floccosa