Melocactus caloxanthus
Hoxey, Gdaniec & Cinea (2021)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Andrew GdaniecPaul HoxeyWilliam Cinea |
Greek kalos ‘beautiful’ + Greek xanthos ‘yellow’. For “the beauty of the yellow spines found on young juvenile plants”, which distinguish the species from Melocactus pedernalensis.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Melocactus caloxanthus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/melocactus-caloxanthus