Melocactus bellavistensis subsp. onychacanthus
(F.Ritter) N.P.Taylor (1991)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Nigel Taylor |
| 🌵 Basionym | Melocactus onychacanthus (1967) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Friedrich Ritter |
Greek onyx (stem onych-) ‘claw’ + Greek akantha ‘spine’. For the claw-like spines, described by Ritter (Succulenta (Netherlands) 45: 118. 1966) as “strongly curved downwards” (“spinae […] valde deorsum curvatae”).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 02). Melocactus bellavistensis subsp. onychacanthus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/melocactus-bellavistensis-subsp-onychacanthus