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Endangered
CITES App. II
Buiningia aurea
Buiningia aurea
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Buiningia aurea
Author
(F.Ritter) Buxb.
Chinese genus
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Chinese name
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Primary
Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Description
Coleocephalocereus aureusSN|1851]]SN|1851]] (probably best known under its old name Buiningia aureaSN|11036]]SN|11036]]) is a small, columnar cactus with golden spines.
Flowers
Small yellowish nocturnal that form in a lateral "cephalium" (a densely woolly or bristly area which denotes that the plant is mature enough to flower)
Blooming Season
Summer.
Stem
Can grow about to to 50 in height in time.