Opuntia magenta
Griffiths (1908)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | David Griffiths |
Latin Magenta ‘magenta’. For the “light magenta” flowers. The “correction” to magentea by Richard Crook and Roy Mottram (Bradleya 18: 116-117. 2000) is contrary to article 60 of the the International Code of Nomenclature. The color name magenta was coined only in 1860. In botanical Latin both magenta and magentea are used as adjectival forms.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 02). Opuntia magenta. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/opuntia-magenta