Rebutia steinmannii var. christinae

Endangered

CITES App. II

Rebutia steinmannii var. christinae

Repert. Pl. Succ. (I.O.S.) 47: 11 (1996 publ. 1997): Cact. File, 10(2): 18 (1996)

Family

Cactaceae

Genus

Rebutia

Species

Rebutia steinmannii var. christinae

Author

(Rausch) Pilbeam

Chinese genus

子孙球属

Chinese name

Primary

Rebutia christinae

Accepted

Rebutia steinmannii

DescriptionEdit description

Description

Rebutia christinaeSN|5117]]SN|5117]] is a clumping cactus, with tiny stems.

Roots

Thick and long tap-root.

Flowers

From the side at the base of the plant, short, erect, funnel-shaped, in shades of intensive orange. Outer tepals oblong, apiculate; inner tepals rounded.

Spines

About 8 acicular, bristle-like pale yellow-brown up to 4 mm long.

Ribs

10 to 12, low, often spiralled and tubercled.

Stem

Tiny, depressed-spherical to oblong up to 5 cm wide (but usually more in cultivation)

Areoles

Gold

Endangered

CITES App. II