Parodia oxycostata
(Buining & Brederoo) Hofacker (1998)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Andreas Hofacker |
🌵 Basionym | Notocactus oxycostatus (1972) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | Albert BuiningArnold Brederoo | 🌵 Basionym published in | Kakteen (H. Krainz): 106 (1972) |
Greek oxys ‘sharp’ + Latin costātus ‘ribbed’. For the “sharp-edged” ribs. Buining & Brederoo translated the epithet as spitzrippig ‘sharp-ribbed’.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Aug 25). Parodia oxycostata. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/parodia-oxycostata