Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. macrochele
(Werderm.) N.P.Taylor (1998)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Nigel Taylor |
🌵 Basionym | Echinocactus macrochele (1931) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | Erich Werdermann |
Greek makros ‘long’ + Greek + chÄ“lÄ“ ‘claw’. For the spines, described by Werdermann as “flexible and curved like claws, very long in relation to the body size” (“biegsam und krallenartig gekrümmt, im Verhältnis zur Körpergröße sehr lang”). See also Kadenicarpus pseudomacrochele.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2022 Feb 02). Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. macrochele. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/turbinicarpus-schmiedickeanus-subsp-macrochele