Grusonia densispina
(Ralston & Hilsenb.) Rebman (2002)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Jon Paul Rebman |
🌵 Basionym | Opuntia densispina (1992) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | Barbara E. RalstonRichard A. Hilsenbeck | 🌵 Basionym published in | Madroño 39: 281 (1992) |
Latin densus ‘dense’ + Latin –spīnus ‘-spined’. Ralston & Hilsenbeck: “The specific epithet is chosen to describe the dense appearance of the spine clusters of this species.”
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 14). Grusonia densispina. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/grusonia-densispina