Tephrocactus geometricus

Tephrocactus geometricus (A.Cast.) Backeb. (1936)

🌵 Author(s)	Curt Backeberg
🌵 Basionym	Opuntia geometrica (1934)
🌵 Basionym author(s)	Alberto Castellanos
🌵 Basionym published in	Kakteenkunde 1934: 172 (1934)

Etymology

Latin gĕōmētrĭcus (Greek geōmetrikos) ‘geometrical’. Not explained by Castellanos. Perhaps for the reticulate pattern on the stem segments. Compare Myrtillocactus geometrizans.