Mammillaria spinosissima
Lem. (1838)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Charles Lemaire | 🌵 Published in | Cact. Aliq. Nov. Desc.: 4 (1838) |
Latin spīnōsissĭmus ‘spiniest, very spiny’. For the “very numerous spines” (Lemaire: “aculeis numerosissimis”).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 12). Mammillaria spinosissima. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/mammillaria-spinosissima