Ferocactus latispinus
(Haw.) Britton & Rose (1922)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Joseph Nelson RoseNathaniel Lord Britton |
| 🌵 Basionym | Cactus latispinus (1824) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Adrian Hardy Haworth |
| 🌵 Type of | Bisnaga |
Latin latus ‘broad, wide’ + Latin –spinus ‘-spined’. For the broad spines compared to Cactus recurvus Mill. (now considered a synonym of Ferocactus latispinus).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Ferocactus latispinus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/ferocactus-latispinus