Ferocactus macrodiscus
(Mart.) Britton & Rose (1922)
Etymology
π΅ Author(s) | Joseph Nelson RoseNathaniel Lord Britton |
π΅ Basionym | Echinocactus macrodiscus (1832) |
π΅ Basionym author(s) | Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius |
Greek makros βlargeβ + Greek diskos ‘quoit, disc’. For the shape of the plant body, described by Martius as “flat to convex, large” (“plano-convexus, magnus”).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Ferocactus macrodiscus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/ferocactus-macrodiscus