Rhipsalis micrantha
(Kunth) DC. (1828)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Augustin Pyramus de Candolle |
| 🌵 Basionym | Cactus micranthus (1823) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Carl Sigismund Kunth | 🌵 Basionym published in | Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] vi: 65 (1823) |
Greek mikros ‘small’ + Greek anthos ‘flower’. For the small flowers (Kunth: “Flores […] minuti”) compared to other Cactus species.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Aug 15). Rhipsalis micrantha. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/rhipsalis-micrantha