Uebelmannia gummifera

Uebelmannia gummifera (Backeb. & Voll) Buining (1967)

🌵 Author(s)	Albert Buining
🌵 Basionym	Parodia gummifera (1950)
🌵 Basionym author(s)	Curt Backeberg Otto Voll
🌵 Type of	Uebelmannia

Etymology

Latin gummi ‘gum’ + Latin –fer (feminine –fĕra) ‘carrying’. For the gum-like mucilage in the plant body. Backeberg & Voll: “Strangely enough – and hence the name – the species is completely filled with a gelatinous, colorless and sticky mass, which is why grafting is very difficult.” See also Gummocactus.