Rebutia subgen. Chionorebutia
Y.Itô, nom. inval. (1957)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Yoshio Itō |
Greek chiōn ‘snow’ + Rebutia. For the white spines? Publication not seen. Curt Backeberg (Cactaceae 3: 1555) mentions Chinorebutia, Dichrorebutia and Chionorebutia as subgenera of Rebutia for “species with longer and white or differently colored spines”.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 02). Rebutia subgen. Chionorebutia. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/rebutia-subgen-chionorebutia