Pereskia aculeata
Mill. (1768)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Philip Miller | 🌵 Published in | Gard. Dict., ed. 8: PAN-PER (1768) |
🌵 Type of | Pereskia |
Latin ăcūlĕātus ‘spiny, thorny, prickly’. Based on the pre-Linnaean name Pereskia aculeata, flore albo, fructu flavescente Plum. (Miller: “Prickly Pereſkia with a white flower, and a yellowiſh fruit”).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Dec 06). Pereskia aculeata. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/pereskia-aculeata