Brasilicactus brevihamatus
Sukkulenty 1999(2): 24.
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Brasilicactus brevihamatus
Author
(W.Haage ex Backeb.) Doweld
Chinese genus
雪晃属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Habit
Plants usually solitary but at times forming small clumps.
Central Spines
4-6 yellow with reddish tips, one somewhat bent or hooked at apex.
Seeds
Helmet-shaped, About 1 mm, broad, black, strongly tuberculate.
Description
Parodia alacriportanaSN|6122]]SN|6118]] subsp. brevihamata is a petite cactus species with dark stem covered with short hooked spines and showy golden yellow blooms in spring. It one of the several subspecies of the very variable Parodia brevihamataSN|6118]]SN|6122]] which form a complex of related taxon. It distinguish for the more numerous ribs and more closely set areoles. It is still unclear whether this variable complex is one or several species. There is so much variation in spination that most authors choose to lump them together until further studies are done.
Tubercles
Rounded
Flowers
Medium size, 26-40 mm long, 35-40 mm wide, golden yellow. Tube with brown wool and a few bristles.
Spines
Brownish, orange, yellow and white later grey, interlaced with those of adjacent ribs, often forming a brush-like bundle around the stem apex.
Ribs
24-32 more or less vertical. Tuberculate.
Stem
Globular to short cylindrical, about 3-5 cm across, but often more in cultivation, dark olive green or brownish green.
Radial Spines
About 16 yellowish-white, bristle-like, spreading.
Fruits
Fruit 8-10 mm broad, covered in wool.
Areoles
Closely set, white or yellowish felt-covered.