Pilocopiapoa
F.Ritter (1961)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Friedrich Ritter |
| 🌵 Type | Pilocopiapoa solaris |
Latin pilus ‘hair’ + Copiapoa. For the strongly woolly flowers and fruits in contrast to Copiapoa. Not from “Gr.” (actually Latin) pīleus ‘cap, hat’ (Boerner, Taschenwörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen. 4. Auflage. 1989).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Jul 17). Pilocopiapoa. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/pilocopiapoa