Mammillaria formosa
Galeotti ex Scheidw. (1838)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Michael Scheidweiler | 🌵 Published in | Bull. Acad. Brux. v: 497 (1838) |
Latin formōsus ‘beautiful’. Not explained by Scheidweiler. Presumably not for the flowers, which he did not describe. Perhaps for the wool in the axils.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 22). Mammillaria formosa. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/mammillaria-formosa