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Endangered
CITES App. II
Primary
Tephrocactus halophilus
Möller's deutsche gärtner-zeitung 1934, xlix. 105, in obs., nomen; Backeb. inBackeb. & F. M. Knuth, Kaktus-ABC, 111 (1935).
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Tephrocactus halophilus
Author
(Speg.) Backeb.
Chinese genus
球形节仙人掌属
Chinese name
-
Accepted
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Note
The specific name comes from the Greek “halos”, salt, and “philo”, loving. Salt-loving.