Ferocactus hamatacanthus subsp. sinuatus
(A.Dietr.) N.P.Taylor (1998)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Nigel Taylor |
| 🌵 Basionym | Echinocactus sinuatus (1851) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Albert Dietrich | 🌵 Basionym published in | Allg. Gartenzeitung (Otto & Dietrich) 19: 345 (1851) |
Latin sĭnŭātus ‘wavy, sinuate’. For the ribs, described by Dietrich as “angled-sinuate, with deep, sharp curves” (“angulato-sinuatis, sinubus profundis acutis”).
van der Meer, Maarten H.J. (2022, August 17). Ferocactus hamatacanthus subsp. sinuatus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/ferocactus-hamatacanthus-subsp-sinuatus