Leuenbergeria portulacifolia
(L.) Lodé (2012)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Joël Lodé |
🌵 Basionym | Cactus portulacifolius (1753) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | Carl Linnaeus | 🌵 Basionym published in | Sp. Pl. 1: 469 (1753) |
Latin portŭlāca ‘purslane’ + Latin –fŏlĭus ‘-leaved’. For the shape of the leaves. A pre-Linnaean name for this species is Opuntia arbor spinosissima, foliis portulacae cordatis Pluk. (“Very spiny tree Opuntia with heart-shaped purslane leaves”). Linnaeus’s genus Portulaca included the species Portulaca oleracea (purslane), Portulaca pilosa, Portulaca anacampseros (= Anacampseros telephiastrum) and Portulaca portulacastrum (= Sesuvium portulacastrum).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Leuenbergeria portulacifolia. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/leuenbergeria-portulacifolia