Mammillaria bocasana var. murivora
Broogh||Broogh, nom. nugax (1977)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Helmut Broogh | 🌵 Published in | Kakteen And. Sukk. 28(4): 79 (1977) |
Latin mūs (stem mūr-) ‘mouse’ + Latin –vŏrus ‘eating’. An April Fools’ Day joke name for a purported strain of carnivorous Mammillaria bocasana specimens that devour live mice. An accompanying photograph shows a plant “in full action”.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 02). Mammillaria bocasana var. murivora. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/mammillaria-bocasana-var-murivora