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Endangered
CITES App. II
Echinofossulocactus longispinus
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 11: 86, 1939 ? n.n.
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Echinofossulocactus longispinus
Author
Pechanek
Chinese genus
多棱球属
Chinese name
-
Primary
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Habit
It is a solitary plant , up to 20 cm tall, 10 cm wide with long spines and wavy ribs. This is one of the echinofossulocactus with the prettiest spination, spine are acicular (or slightly flattened ), with about 4 long (from 3 to 5 cm long) yellow central spine, the radial spines are glassy white. The ribs are thin slightly undulated with curled ridges.
Note
Recently Petr ?esal has collected a Stenocactus longispinusSN|31172]]SN|31172]] (Field number PC13) near La Soledad in Nuevo León, Mexico. Is it the same plant described by by Pechanek.