Geohintonia

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Geohintonia mexicana

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Cacteae
Genus: Geohintonia
Glass & Fitz Maurice
Species: G. mexicana
Binomial name
Geohintonia mexicana
Glass & W.A.Fitz Maur.

Geohintonia mexicana (discovered in 1992) is a species of cacti, of the genus Geohintonia. This genus is named after its discoverer George S. Hinton.

As its specific name suggests, the plant is found in Mexico (Nuevo León), where it grows on gypsum hills near Galeana.

The species has one form: Geohintonia mexicana f. cristata.

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