Mammillaria polyedra
Mart. (1832)
Etymology
π΅ Author(s) | Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius | π΅ Published in | Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 16(1): 326 (1832) |
GreekΒ polyedros ‘many-sided, polyhedric’. For the angled tubercles, described by Martius as having “6-7 faces”. Not for the “many-sided stem” (Genaust, Etymologisches WΓΆrterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen. 3. Auflage. 1996).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Oct 11). Mammillaria polyedra. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/mammillaria-polyedra