Opuntia rufida
Engelm. (1856)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | George Engelmann | 🌵 Published in | Syn. Cact. U. S. 42 (1856) (1856) |
Botanical Latin rÅ«fÄdus ‘becoming red’ (Eggli & Newton, Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. 2004), from Latin rÅ«fus ‘red, reddish’ + Latin –Ädus ‘tending to’ (Crook & Mottram in Bradleya 20: 63-64. 2002) or a contamination of Latin rÅ«fus ‘red, reddish’ and Latin rÅbÄdus ‘red, reddish’ (Genaust, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen. 3. Auflage. 1996)? For the “dense reddish bristles [glochids]” on the areoles. Not for the color of the flowers (Genaust, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen. 3. Auflage. 1996), which Engelmann described as yellow (“floris flavi”).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Jul 19). Opuntia rufida. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/opuntia-rufida