Pelecyphora abdita
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| Pelecyphora abdita | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Pelecyphora |
| Species: | P. abdita |
| Binomial name | |
| Pelecyphora abdita (Řepka & Vaško) D.Aquino & Dan.Sánchez | |
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Pelecyphora abdita is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to the Mexico.
Subspecies
Pelecyphora abdita grows up to 25 millimeters and 20 millimeters in diameter and forms clumps with a slightly branched beet shaped tap root. There are 11 to 15 spines that are white, 3.5–5 millimeters long. The flower is 35-45 mm long, whitish-pinkish with pink stripes on tepals, 30–35 mm in diameter. The red fruits are obovoid 5–7 mm long and grey green to brown green.[1]
Accepted subspecies:[2]
- Pelecyphora abdita subsp. abdita
- Pelecyphora abdita subsp. tenuispina (Perez Badillo, Delladdio & Raya Sanchez) D.Aquino & Dan.Sánchez
Distribution
The plant is found south of El Oro in Coahuila, Mexico at elevations of 1100 meters.[3]
