Ferocactus chrysacanthus
(Orcutt) Britton & Rose (1922)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Joseph Nelson RoseNathaniel Lord Britton |
| 🌵 Basionym | Echinocactus chrysacanthus (1899) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Charles Russell Orcutt |
Greek chrysos ‘gold’ + Greek akantha ‘spine’. For the color of the central spines. Orcutt’s choice of epithet was critized by Schumann, see Parodia chrysacanthion.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Aug 17). Ferocactus chrysacanthus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/ferocactus-chrysacanthus