Thelocactus conothelos
(Regel & Klein bis) F.M.Knuth (1936)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Frederik Marcus Knuth |
🌵 Basionym | Echinocactus conothelos (1860) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | Eduard August von RegelEduard Petrowitsch Klein |
🌵 Type of | Torreycactus |
Greek kōnos ‘cone’ + Greek thēlē ‘nipple’. For the shape of the tubercles, described by Regel & Klein as “conoid-pyramidal” (“tuberculos conoideo-pyramidatos”). The epithet is sometimes considered a noun in apposition and rendered conothele.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Aug 27). Thelocactus conothelos. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/thelocactus-conothelos