Rebutia aureiflora

Rebutia aureiflora
	Rebutia aureiflora
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Trichocereeae
Genre :	Rebutia
Type :	Rebutia aureiflora
Scientific name
	Rebutia aureiflora
	Backeb.

Rebutia aureiflora is a species of plant in the genus Rebutia from the cactus family(Cactaceae).

description

Rebutia aureiflora grows richly sprouting with spherical, green and reddish tinged bodies. The bodies reach a diameter of up to 6 centimeters and have a long, fleshy beet root. The scarcely recognizable ribs are arranged in a spiral and almost completely dissolved into distinct humps. The areoles on it are white. There are 1 to 4 grayish white central spines that are 10 to 20 millimeters long. The 10 to 16 radial spines are whitish to brownish. They are bristle-like and up to 7 millimeters long.

The flowers are yellowish orange with a whitish throat or golden yellow or red and reach a diameter of up to 4 centimeters.

Distribution and systematics

Rebutia aureiflora is widespread in Bolivia in the Potosí and Tarija departments and in Argentina in the Salta province . The first description was published in 1932 by Curt Backeberg . Synonyms are u. a. Lobivia aureiflora (Backeb.) HPKelsey & Dayton , Mediolobivia aureiflora (Backeb.) Backeb. and Rebutia einstenii subsp. aureiflora (Boed.) Hjertson .

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 559 .

Individual evidence

↑ Cactus friend. Illustrated monthly for cactus lovers . Volume 1, Mannheim 1932, p. 124.

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[1] Cactus friend. Illustrated monthly for cactus lovers . Volume 1, Mannheim 1932, p. 124.