Frailea pumila
(Lem.) Britton & Rose (1922)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Joseph Nelson RoseNathaniel Lord Britton |
| 🌵 Basionym | Echinocactus pumilus (1838) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Charles Lemaire | 🌵 Basionym published in | Cact. Aliq. Nov.: 21 (1838) |
Latin pÅ«mÄlus ‘dwarfish, diminutive, little’. For the plant body, described by Lemaire as “very small” (“minimus”).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Jul 25). Frailea pumila. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/frailea-pumila