Opuntia polyacantha var. hystricina
(Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) B.D.Parfitt (1998)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Bruce Dale Parfitt |
| 🌵 Basionym | Opuntia hystricina (1856) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | George EngelmannJohn Milton Bigelow | 🌵 Basionym published in | Descr. Cact. [G. Engelmann & J. Bigelow] iv: 44 (1856) |
Latin hystrÄcÄ«nus ‘porcupine-like’. For the spination. Engelmann & Bigelow: “The name indicates the porcupine-like armature of this species.”
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Aug 26). Opuntia polyacantha var. hystricina. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/opuntia-polyacantha-var-hystricina