Mammillaria sanchez-mejoradae subsp. breviplumosa
(García-Mor., Ramírez-Chap., Sigala-Chav. & Iamonico) Guiggi (2020)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Alessandro Guiggi |
🌵 Basionym | Mammillaria breviplumosa (2020) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | Alejandro Sigala-ChávezDuilio IamonicoLeccinum Jesús García-MoralesRicardo Ramírez-Chaparro |
Latin brĕvis ‘short’ + Latin plūmōsus ‘downy, feathered’. García-Morales & al.: “The specific epithet refers to the shape and distribution of the trichomes at the apexes of the spines, that resemble a small feather.” Compare Mammillaria plumosa and Mammillaria pennispinosa.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Oct 11). Mammillaria sanchez-mejoradae subsp. breviplumosa. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/mammillaria-sanchez-mejoradae-subsp-breviplumosa