Rebutia mentosa
(F.Ritter) Donald (1987)
Etymology
| šµ Author(s) | John Donald |
| šµ Basionym | Sulcorebutia mentosa (1964) |
| šµ Basionym author(s) | Friedrich Ritter |
Latin mentum ‘chin’ + Latin –Åsus ‘full of’. For the chin-shaped tubercles (Ritter: “tubercula [ā¦] mentiformia”, “knobbels [ā¦] kinvormig”). Compare the English name chin cactus for Gymnocalycium.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Rebutia mentosa. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/rebutia-mentosa