Thelocactus leucacanthus
(Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose (1923)
Etymology
π΅ Author(s) | Joseph Nelson RoseNathaniel Lord Britton |
π΅ Basionym | Echinocactus leucacanthus (1837) |
π΅ Basionym author(s) | Louis Pfeiffer | π΅ Basionym published in | Enum. Diagn. Cact. 66 (1837) |
GreekΒ leukosΒ βwhiteβ + Greek akantha βspineβ. For the color of the spines, described by Pfeiffer as “at birth yellow, finally white” (“nascentibus flavis, tandem albis”).
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Sep 28). Thelocactus leucacanthus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/thelocactus-leucacanthus