Maihueniopsis camachoi
(Espinosa) F.Ritter (1980)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Friedrich Ritter |
| 🌵 Basionym | Opuntia camachoi (1933) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Marcial Ramón Espinosa Bustos | 🌵 Basionym published in | Revista Chilena Hist. Nat. 37: 126 (1933) |
Named for Carlos Camacho, who discovered the species along the roads between Calama and San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. Local vernacular name: cojín (‘cushion’).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jun 26). Maihueniopsis camachoi. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/maihueniopsis-camachoi