Escobaria minima
(Baird) D.R.Hunt (1978)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | David Hunt |
🌵 Basionym | Coryphantha minima (1931) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | Ralph Overholser Baird |
Latin mÄnÄmus ‘smallest, very small’. Presumably for the small size of the plant body. Publication not seen.
The English names Nellie cory cactus and Nellie’s pincushion cactus are based on the synonym Escobaria nellieae.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 03). Escobaria minima. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/escobaria-minima