Echinofossulocactus multicostatus var. zacatecasensis

Endangered

CITES App. II

Echinofossulocactus multicostatus var. zacatecasensis

Repert. Pl. Succ. (I.O.S.) 46: 10 (1995 publ. 1996) et Cact. Aventures 27: 29 (1995)

Family

Cactaceae

Genus

Echinofossulocactus

Species

Echinofossulocactus multicostatus var. zacatecasensis

Author

(Britton & Rose) Lodé

Chinese genus

多棱球属

Chinese name

Primary

Stenocactus multicostatus subs. zacatecasensis

Accepted

Stenocactus multicostatus

DescriptionEdit description

Central Spines

3, brownish, 2 of them terete, but the middle one flattened, erect or connivent, longer than the other 2, sometimes 3 to 4 cm (or more) long, never annulate.

Note

“zacatecasensis” for the occurrence in the State of Zacatecas, Mexico.

Flowers

3-4 centimetres broad, nearly white or with a pink mid-vein. Inner perianth-segments linear-oblong, with an ovate apiculate tip, slightly tinged with lavender, 15 mm long. Style slender. Stigma-lobes bifid. Scales on the ovary broadly ovate, apiculate, scarious.

Blooming Season

Early spring.

Ribs

About 55, wavy, tight and very thin.

Stem

Solitary, globose, pale green with an umbilicate top, 8-10 cm wide and tall.

Radial Spines

10 to 12,acicular, white, 8-10 mm long radiating usually cream-white.

Areoles

Covered with white felt in young plants.

Endangered

CITES App. II