Eriosyce senilis
(Backeb.) Katt. (1994)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Fred Kattermann |
🌵 Basionym | Neoporteria senilis (1936) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | Curt Backeberg | 🌵 Basionym published in | Kaktus-ABC [Backeb. & Knuth] 262 (1936) |
Latin sÄ•nÄ«lis ‘of or belonging to old people, aged, senile’. For the “thin, hair-like, white, yellowish or greyish-white” spines (Backeberg).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Eriosyce senilis. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/eriosyce-senilis