Opuntia amyclaea
('amiclaea') Ten. (1826)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Michele Tenore | 🌵 Published in | Fl. Napol. 3: App. 15 (1826) |
Latin Amȳclaeus ‘of Amyclae‘. For the occurrence “[o]n calcereous rocks not far from ancient Amicla [sic] (Monticelli, Portella)”, where Tenore collected the species together with Ernesto Mauri and Felice Zecca. Monticelli is present-day Monte San Biagio, Latina, Lazio, Italy.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2024 Jan 03). Opuntia amyclaea. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/opuntia-amyclaea