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Digitostigma caput-medusae f. nuda hort.

Family: CACTACEAE

= Astrophytum caput-medusae f. nudum hort.

Accepted Scientific Name: Astrophytum caput-medusae (Velazco & Nevárez) D.R.Hunt
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 15: 6 (2003). basionym not validly published. Not validly published as a sp. nov. because no reference to a Latin description

Digitostigma caput-medusae f. nuda (Astrophytum caput-medusae f. nudum) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Astrophytum caput-medusae (Velazco & Nevárez) D.R.Hunt
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 15: 6 (2003).
Synonymy: 4
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Astrophytum caput-medusae group

  • Astrophytum caput-medusae (Velazco & Nevárez) D.R.Hunt: has very thin tubercles, which are cartilaginous, smooth, similar to leaves, up to 190 mm in length and of 2 to 5 mm wide. Epidermis covered by stigmas. Distribution: Mexico, Nuevo León (locality withheld)
  • Astrophytum caput-medusae f. nudum hort.: nude form, tubercles dark glossy-green. Garden origin.

18292 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Digitostigma caput-medusae f. nuda (Astrophytum caput-medusae f. nudum) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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