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Endangered

CITES App. II

Echinocactus xiphacanthus

Linnaea 12: 1. 1838

Family

Cactaceae

Genus

Species

Echinocactus xiphacanthus

Author

Miq.

Chinese genus

金琥属

Chinese name

-

Primary

Stenocactus xiphacanthus

Accepted

Stenocactus crispatus

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Note

This is one of the species with the prettiest spination.

Ribs

Thin with very undulated or curled ridges.

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