Pseudomaihueniopsis
Guiggi (2013)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Alessandro Guiggi |
🌵 Type | Pseudomaihueniopsis nigrispina |
Greek pseudo- ‘false, appearing to be’ + Maihueniopsis. For the resemblance to Maihueniopsis, which is in turn named for its resemblance to Maihuenia (Greek –opsis ‘looking like’), making Pseudomaihueniopsis ‘the genus resembling the genus resembling Maihuenia‘.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Pseudomaihueniopsis. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/pseudomaihueniopsis