Coryphantha

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Coryphantha
Coryphantha ramillosa
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 vivipara

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] Gallery

Coryphantha vivipara var. arizonica


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