Gymnocalycium denudatum
(Link & Otto) Pfeiff. ex Mittler (1844)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Ludwig Mittler |
| 🌵 Basionym | Echinocactus denudatus (1828) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Christoph Friedrich OttoJohann Heinrich Friedrich Link |
Latin dēnūdātus ‘stripped, uncovered’. Not explained by Link & Otto. For the smooth flower bud (cf. Gymnocalycium), “the few appressed spines” (Eggli & Newton, Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. 2004) or the “naked apex” (Rümpler, Handb. Cacteenk. (ed. 2 – Rümpler): 584. 1886)? None of these characteristics are mentioned in the protologue.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Oct 07). Gymnocalycium denudatum. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/gymnocalycium-denudatum