Opuntia basilaris subsp. longiareolata
(Clover & Jotter) Majure (2023)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Lucas C. Majure |
| 🌵 Basionym | Opuntia longiareolata (1941) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Elzada Urseba CloverMary Lois Jotter | 🌵 Basionym published in | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 68(6): 418 (1941) |
Latin longus ‘long’ + Latin ārĕŏla ‘areole’ + Latin –ātus ‘possessing’. Clover & Jotter: “areoles very soon becoming much elongated”.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Sep 14). Opuntia basilaris subsp. longiareolata. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/opuntia-basilaris-subsp-longiareolata