Tephrocactus alexanderi
(Britton & Rose) Backeb. (1953)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Curt Backeberg |
🌵 Basionym | Opuntia alexanderi (1923) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | Joseph Nelson RoseNathaniel Lord Britton |
Named for W.B. Alexander, who collected the type specimen. The epithet is arguably correctable to alexandri under Art. 60.8 and Rec. 60C.2 of the International Code of Nomenclature.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 05). Tephrocactus alexanderi. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/tephrocactus-alexanderi