Miqueliopuntia miquelii
(Monv.) F.Ritter (1980)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Friedrich Ritter |
| 🌵 Basionym | Opuntia miquelii (1839) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Hippolyte Boissel de Monville | 🌵 Basionym published in | Hort. Univ. i: 218 (1839) |
| 🌵 Type of | Miqueliopuntia |
Named for German-Dutch botanist Frederik Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1810-1871). Monville: “Dedicated to the learned Professor Miquel of Rotterdam.”
For Miquel’s given names and date of birth, see van der Meer, Maarten H.J. (2019) De correcte voornamen en geboortedatum van F.A.W. Miquel. Cactologia Phantastica 7(3): 7-14.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 18). Miqueliopuntia miquelii. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/miqueliopuntia-miquelii