Pelecyphora strobiliformis
(Werderm.) Frič & Schelle ex Kreuz. (1935)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Kurt Kreuzinger |
🌵 Basionym | Ariocarpus strobiliformis (1927) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | Erich Werdermann |
🌵 Type of | Encephalocarpus |
Latin strobilus ‘conifer cone’ + Latin –formis ‘shaped’. For the habit, which reminded Werdermann of a “compact conifer cone” (“gedrungene[r] Koniferenzapfen”).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Pelecyphora strobiliformis. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/pelecyphora-strobiliformis