Opuntia pachyrrhiza

Opuntia pachyrrhiza H.M.Hern., Gómez-Hin. & Bárcenas (2001)

🌵 Author(s)	Carlos Gómez-Hinostrosa Héctor Manuel Hernández Rolando Bárcenas
🌵 Published in	Novon 11(3): 309 (2001)

Etymology

Greek pachyrrhizos ‘with thick roots’. For the “massive rhizome” which is used by the local people “in the preparation of splints for domestic animals (e.g., goats, cows, mules) with broken bones” (Hernández, Gómez-Hinostrosa & Bárcenas).