Opuntia ursus-horribilis
('ursus horribilis') Alverson (1899)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Andrew Halstead Alverson |
Ursus horribilis Ord., 1815, the grizzly bear. A latinization of the trade name Opuntia Grizzly Bear (see Opuntia ursina). The correction to Opuntia ursina var. horribilis by Crook & Mottram (Bradleya 14: 142. 1996), who apparently missed the reference to the binomial Ursus horribilis, is not warranted.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Opuntia ursus-horribilis. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/opuntia-ursus-horribilis