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Endangered

CITES App. II

Mediolobivia costata

Sukkulentenkunde 1: 19. 1947

Family

Cactaceae

Genus

Mediolobivia

Species

Mediolobivia costata

Author

(Werderm.) Krainz

Chinese genus

-

Chinese name

-

Primary

Rebutia steinmannii var. costata

Accepted

Rebutia steinmannii

DescriptionEdit description

Flowers

3 to 3.5 cm long and wide, orange-red, edged carmine, vividly coloured.

Spines

11-12 usually all radial, 7 mm long, with with an occasional similar central spine (greyish-brown, thin, bristle-like).

Ribs

8-9 straight vertical.

Stem

Deep green, about 3 cm tall and 2 cm wide in cultivation.

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