Opuntia cespitosa
Raf. (1830)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Constantine Samuel Rafinesque | 🌵 Published in | Ser. Bull. Bot.: 216 (1830) |
Latin cespitōsus, caespitōsus ‘cespitose, tufted’. For the “low, cespitose” (“humilis cespitosa”) growth form. The epithet is often spelled caespitosa, but the post-classical spelling cespitosa is not incorrect.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Jul 20). Opuntia cespitosa. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/opuntia-cespitosa