Escobaria abdita
Řepka & Vaško (2010)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Radomír ŘepkaZdeněk Vaško |
Latin abdĭtus ‘hidden, concealed, secret’. For the occurrence “in temporarily flooded depressions, immersed in the loamy soil practically throughout the year.” Řepka & Vaško: “[T]he Latin word “abdita, abditus” means hidden, secret, which characterizes the literally hidden life of this species.”
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Aug 27). Escobaria abdita. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/escobaria-abdita