Pelecyphora lloydii
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Pelecyphora |
| Species: | P. lloydii
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| Binomial name | |
| Pelecyphora lloydii (Britton & Rose) D.Aquino & Dan.Sánchez
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Pelecyphora lloydii is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to Mexico.
Description[edit]
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[edit]
Pelecyphora lloydii is widespread in the Mexican state of Zacatecas.
Taxonomy[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 275. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Sciences., Southern California Academy of (1929). "Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences". The Academy. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
External links[edit]
Media related to Pelecyphora lloydii at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Pelecyphora lloydii at Wikispecies