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Endangered
CITES App. II
Lobivia pygmaea var. minor
Lobivia 85: 116, basionym as 'Digitorebutia diersiana var. minor'. 1987 [1985-86 publ. 1987]
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Lobivia pygmaea var. minor
Author
(Rausch) Rausch
Chinese genus
丽花球属
Chinese name
-
Primary
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Derivation of Name
“minor” Latin, smaller, lesser. In reference to the very small body size of the this plant.
Flowers
Pale yellow to orange yellow sometimes reddish in the outside.
Spines
9-11 all radial, dark violet-brown, later grey, lying flat to the stem.
Ribs
10.
Stem
Less than 2 cm tall, and to 1.3 cm wide (a little taller in cultivation), sparingly clustering, greyish-green to purple-brown. R. minor has the smallest stem in the whole R. pygmaea group.
Areoles
Elongate with short dark brown wool.