Thelocactus conothelos subsp. argenteus
('conothele') (Glass & R.A.Foster) Glass (1997)
Etymology
| 🌵 Author(s) | Charles Glass |
| 🌵 Basionym | Thelocactus conothelos var. argenteus (1972) |
| 🌵 Basionym author(s) | Charles GlassRobert A. Foster |
Latin argentĕus ‘silvery’. For the color of the spines, which become silvery with age.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Jul 07). Thelocactus conothelos subsp. argenteus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/thelocactus-conothelos-subsp-argenteus