Mammillaria grahamii var. oliviae
(Orcutt) L.D.Benson (1969)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Lyman Benson |
🌵 Basionym | Mammillaria oliviae (1902) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | Charles Russell Orcutt |
Named for American physician Dr. Olive Lucy Eddy Orcutt (1857-1952), wife of Charles Orcutt, “who has accompanied him in thought on the mountains and deserts of Arizona, where this beautiful plant occurs” (Orcutt).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 03). Mammillaria grahamii var. oliviae. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/mammillaria-grahamii-var-oliviae