Mammillaria crocidata

Mammillaria crocidata Lem. (1838)

🌵 Author(s)	Charles Lemaire
🌵 Published in	Cact. Aliq. Nov. Desc.: 9 (1838)

Etymology

Latin crŏcĭdātus ‘woolly, fluffy, felted’ (Greek krokys ‘flock’). For the tufts of hairs in the axils. Lemaire: “axils with abundant wool, floccose (whence the name)” (“Axillis lanâ abundanti, floccosâ (undè nomen), […]”).