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Endangered
Cultivar
Primary
Accepted
Astrophytum asterias cv. Goryo Kabuto (Five Ribs) + Ruri
Astrophytum asterias cv. Goryo Kabuto (Five Ribs) + Ruri
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Astrophytum asterias cv. Goryo Kabuto (Five Ribs) + Ruri
Author
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Chinese genus
星球属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Description
Normally A. asterias seedling have the standard 8 ribs, while only a small number of them have few or more ribs. The form with only five ribs, is particularly rare because many of the 5 ribbed seedlings that occasionally appear will usually develop additional ribs in a few years as they age. So it is quite exceptional to see an old A. asterias with five stable ribs. This form however looks suspiciously hybridized with myriostigma or coahuilense and probably is not a pure 100% asterias.