×Rapicarpus calopsis

×Rapicarpus calopsis (Halda & Panar.) M.H.J.van der Meer ()
🌵 Author(s)
🌵 Published in Cactologia Phantastica (4)1: 5 (2019)
🌵 BasionymTurbinicarpus ×calopsis ()
🌵 Basionym author(s)

🌵 Basionym published in Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 10(2): 167 (2003)
Etymology

Greek kalos ‘beautiful’ + Greek opsis ‘view, sight’ (plural opseis ‘eyes’). Translated by Halda and Panarotto as “beautiful-eyed” (“krásnooký”). Presumably for the flowers.


How to cite

Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). ×Rapicarpus calopsis. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/rapicarpus-calopsis