Sphaerocarpa

Sphaerocarpa Lodé, nom. ined. (2022)

🌵 Author(s)	Joël Lodé
🌵 Published in	CACTACEAE GENERA in Taxonomy of Cactaceae vols.3-4: [4] (2022)

Etymology

Greek sphaira ‘ball, sphere’ + Greek karpos ‘fruit’. Listed by Lodé as a “still doubtful” genus perhaps to be separated from Cumulopuntia in volumes 3 and 4 of his Taxonomy of Cactaceae. Intended type species unknown.