Eriosyce taltalensis subsp. pygmaea
(F.Ritter) Ferryman (2004)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Roger M. Ferryman |
| 🌵 Basionym | Pyrrhocactus pygmaeus (1963) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Friedrich Ritter |
Greek pygmaios ‘dwarfish’. For the size of the plant body. Pyrrhocactus pygmaeus was the the smallest of the ten Pyrrhocactus species described by Ritter in Taxon xii: 32-33 (1963).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Jul 05). Eriosyce taltalensis subsp. pygmaea. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/eriosyce-taltalensis-subsp-pygmaea