Melocactus pygmaeus Hoxey, Gdaniec & Ackerman
, Caribbean J. Sci. 52(2): 210 (2022).- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77312584-1
- Publication
- Caribbean Journal of Science. San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Collation
- 52(2): 210
- Date of Publication
- 21 Oct 2022
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Cactaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- Paul Hoxey & Andrew Gdaniec 61
- Locality
- Cordillera Central [precise locality withheld]
- Collection Date
- 22 Apr 2022
- Type Herbaria
- holotype US
isotype UPRRP - Distribution Of Types
- Puerto Rico (Caribbean, Southern America)
Remarks
doi:10.18475/cjos.v52i2.a8 Etymology: 'The epithet 'pygmaeus' is the Latin adjective for dwarf, and alludes to the consistently very small size of mature individuals'.