Maihueniopsis platyacantha
(Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff.) D.R.Hunt (2011)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | David Hunt |
| 🌵 Basionym | Opuntia platyacantha (1837) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Louis Pfeiffer | 🌵 Basionym published in | Allg. Gartenzeitung (Otto & Dietrich) v: 371 (1837) |
Greek platys ‘wide, broad’ + Greek akantha ‘spine’. For the broad, flat spines.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Jul 20). Maihueniopsis platyacantha. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/maihueniopsis-platyacantha