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Coryphantha retusa (Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose
Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 38. 1923 [24 Dec 1923] nom. cons. prop.
Family: CACTACEAE

Coryphantha retusa Photo by: Agócs György

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Coryphantha retusa (Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose
Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 38. 1923 [24 Dec 1923] nom. cons. prop.
Synonymy: 12
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Coryphantha retusa group

  • Coryphantha retusa (Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose: has greyish-green stems covered with tawny wool. The yellowish-brown spines are curved backward. Flowers deep yellow borne from the centre. Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca, Puebla).
  • Coryphantha retusa var. pallidispina Backeb.: has 15 yellowish to pale-grey spines, among them 12 more rigid with thickened bases, the other 3 much thinner. The tubercles are more closely set than the type.

14597 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Field number SB544 (Collector Steven Brack), Mitla, Oxaca, Mexico. Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
24682 agocs Agócs György
In habitat. Spines are pectinated pale-yellow/white with darker tips later turning grey. Photo by: Agócs György

14600 cactus-art Cactus Art
Field number SB544 (Collector Steven Brack), Mitla, Oxaca, Mexico. Photo by: Cactus Art
14599 cactus-art Cactus Art
Coryphantha retusa Photo by: Cactus Art

14598 cactus-art Cactus Art
It is a dull-green cactus thickly covered with tawny wool and rounded, flattened above (retuse) tubercles. Photo by: Cactus Art
24680 agocs Agócs György
Habit, among grasses in Mexico. Photo by: Agócs György


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