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Endangered
CITES App. II
Echinocactus gladiatus ruficeps
Monogr. Cact. 215. 1853.
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Echinocactus gladiatus ruficeps
Author
Lem. in Labour.
Chinese genus
金琥属
Chinese name
-
Primary
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Central Spines
1 Horn coloured right-angled, with dark tip, longer and more rigid, directed upward up to 4 cm long.
Flowers
White with carmine- red central strip (or yellowish?), about 2 cm long and wide.
Ribs
14-22 (or more
Radial Spines
4-6 on the lower par of the areole, straight, glassy, 8-12 mm long, and 3 reddish-grey in the upper part of areole of which the central one is flat-pressed directed upward up to 3 cm long the lateral are shorter.