Kadenicarpus horripilus
(Lem.) Vázquez-Sánchez (2019)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Monserrat Vázquez-Sánchez |
| 🌵 Basionym | Mammillaria horripila (1838) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Charles Lemaire |
| 🌵 Type of | Bravocactus |
Latin horrere ‘to bristle’ (not, in this context, ‘be seized with horror’, as Eggli & Newton (Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. 2004) claim) + Latin pilus ‘hair’ (horripilare ‘to bristle with hairs, to be shaggy’). For the bristly spines.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Kadenicarpus horripilus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/kadenicarpus-horripilus