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Pelecyphora lloydii

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Pelecyphora lloydii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Pelecyphora
Species:
P. lloydii
Binomial name
Pelecyphora lloydii
(Britton & Rose) D.Aquino & Dan.Sánchez
Synonyms
  • Coryphantha lloydii (Britton & Rose) Fosberg 1931
  • Escobaria lloydii Britton & Rose 1923
  • Neobesseya lloydii (Britton & Rose) Lodé 2013

Pelecyphora lloydii is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to Mexico.

Description

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Pelecyphora lloydii grows with several shoots and often forms cushions. There are corked bald warts on the shoots. The several strong central spines are up to 2 centimeters long. Its approximately 20 slender and radiating marginal spines are white.

The greenish flowers are up to 2.5 centimeters long. The red, spherical fruits are 6 to 12 millimeters long.[1]

Distribution

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Pelecyphora lloydii is widespread in the Mexican state of Zacatecas.

Taxonomy

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The first description by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose was published in 1923.[2] The specific epithet lloydii honors the British cytologist Francis Ernest Lloyd (1868–1947). David Aquino & Daniel Sánchez moved the species to Pelecyphora based on phylogenetic studies in 2022.[3] Nomenclature synonyms are Coryphantha lloydii (Britton & Rose) Fosberg (1931), Neobesseya lloydii (Britton & Rose) Lodé (2013) and Escobaria lloydii Britton & Rose (1923).[4]


References

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  1. ^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 275. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
  2. ^ Britton, Nathaniel Lord; Eaton, Mary E.; Rose, J. N.; Wood, Helen Adelaide (1919). The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.46288.
  3. ^ Sánchez, Daniel; Vázquez-Benítez, Balbina; Vázquez-Sánchez, Monserrat; Aquino, David; Arias, Salvador (2022-01-21). "Phylogenetic relationships in Coryphantha and implications on Pelecyphora and Escobaria (Cacteae, Cactoideae, Cactaceae)". PhytoKeys (188). Pensoft Publishers: 115–165. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.188.75739. ISSN 1314-2003. PMC 8799629.
  4. ^ Sciences., Southern California Academy of (1929). "Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences". The Academy. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
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