Opuntia cognata

Opuntia cognata (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun & Esteves (1995)

🌵 Author(s)	Eddie Esteves Pereira Pierre Braun
🌵 Basionym	Platyopuntia cognata (1979)
🌵 Basionym author(s)	Friedrich Ritter
🌵 Basionym published in	Kakteen Südamerika 1: 246 (1979)

Etymology

Latin cognātus ‘related, similar’. Ritter: “It is closely related to Platyopuntia bispinosa [= Opuntia elata var. elata] and various other low Platyopuntias with red-spotted areoles and felted seeds.”