Maihueniopsis ovata
(Pfeiff.) F.Ritter (1980)
Etymology
| šµ Author(s) | Friedrich Ritter |
| šµ Basionym | Opuntia ovata (1837) |
| šµ Basionym author(s) | Louis Pfeiffer |
| šµ Type of | Pseudotephrocactus |
Latin ÅvÄtus ‘egg-shaped, ovate’. For the “egg-shaped [stem] segments” (Pfeiffer: “Articuli oviformes”).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Maihueniopsis ovata. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/maihueniopsis-ovata