Coryphantha hintoniorum

Coryphantha hintoniorum
	Coryphantha hintoniorum subsp. geoffreyi
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Cacteae
Genre :	Coryphantha
Type :	Coryphantha hintoniorum
Scientific name
	Coryphantha hintoniorum
	Dicht & A.Lüthy

Coryphantha hintoniorum is a species of plant in the genus Coryphantha from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet honors the Mexican farmer and plant collector George Sebastian Hinton from Nuevo Leon in Mexico.

description

Coryphantha hintoniorum grows individually or forms groups with more than 30 shoots and has tap or fiber roots. The flat, spherical to short cylindrical shoots are green and reach heights of 9 to 15 centimeters with a diameter of 5 to 10 centimeters. The conical to cylindrical, in cross-section almost circular warts are up to 2.2 centimeters long. The young axillae are woolly white. The single, gray, sometimes hooked central spine is 9 to 18 millimeters long. The 11 to 15 grayish white radial spines are 8 to 18 millimeters long. The lower six of them are radiating, the upper ones protruding.

The yellow flowers are up to 4.5 centimeters long and 4 centimeters in diameter. The green fruits are up to 2.7 inches long.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Coryphantha hintoniorum is common in the Mexican state of Nuevo León .

The first description was published in 1998 by Reto F. Dicht and Adrian D. Lüthy .

The following subspecies are distinguished:

Coryphantha hintoniorum subsp. hintoniorum
Coryphantha hintoniorum subsp. geoffreyi

Coryphantha hintoniorum is in the endangered Red List species the IUCN as " Vulnerable (VU) ", d. H. endangered, classified.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 152 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 109.
↑ Cacti and other succulents . Volume 50, 1998, pp. 14-16.
↑ Coryphantha hintoniorum in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2010. Posted by: Dense, R. & Lüthy, A., 2002. Retrieved on June 16 of 2010.

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[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 109.

[2] Cacti and other succulents . Volume 50, 1998, pp. 14-16.

[3] Coryphantha hintoniorum in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2010. Posted by: Dense, R. & Lüthy, A., 2002. Retrieved on June 16 of 2010.