Opuntia subgen. Sphaeraria
('Sphæraria') Haw. (1830)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Adrian Hardy Haworth | 🌵 Published in | Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. 7(38): 118 (1830) |
| 🌵 Type | Consolea moniliformis |
Latin sphaera (Greek sphaira) ‘ball, sphere’ + Latin –āria, a suffix Haworth often used to create generic names (e.g. Mammillaria). For the shape of the stem segments.
This is the correct name for Consolea at the rank of subgenus.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Oct 11). Opuntia subgen. Sphaeraria. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/opuntia-subgen-sphaeraria