×Rapicarpus calopsis
(Halda & Panar.) M.H.J.van der Meer (2019)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Maarten H.J. van der Meer | 🌵 Published in | Cactologia Phantastica (4)1: 5 (2019) |
🌵 Basionym | Turbinicarpus ×calopsis (2003) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | Josef Jakob HaldaPaolo Panarotto | 🌵 Basionym published in | Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 10(2): 167 (2003) |
Greek kalos ‘beautiful’ + Greek opsis ‘view, sight’ (plural opseis ‘eyes’). Translated by Halda and Panarotto as “beautiful-eyed” (“krásnooký”). Presumably for the flowers.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). ×Rapicarpus calopsis. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/rapicarpus-calopsis