Coryphantha

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iCoryphantha
Coryphantha ramillosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Caryophyllales Family: Cactaceae Subfamily: Cactoideae Tribe: Cacteae Genus: Coryphantha (Engelm.) Lem.
Species
Coryphantha compacta Coryphantha difficilis Coryphantha nickelsiae Coryphantha radians Coryphantha robustispina Coryphantha salinensis

Coryphantha (from Greek, ""flowering on the top") is a genus of small to middle-sized, globous to short-columnar cacti. The genus is found from Mexico to the South of the United States. With its 2 subgenera, 42 species and 9 subspecies, this is one of the largest genus of cactus.

Their bodies do not have ribs, but tubercles.

[edit] Synonymy

The genus has several synonyms:

• Aulacothele Monv. (nom. inval.)
• Cumarinia Buxb.
• Glandulifera (Salm-Dyck) Fric
• Lepidocoryphantha Backeb.
• Roseia Fric (nom. inval.)

[edit] See also

• Mammillaria - a closely-related cactus genus