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Genus of cacti From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coryphantha (from Greek, "flowering on the top"), or beehive cactus, is a genus of small to middle-sized, globose or columnar cacti. The genus is native to arid parts of Central America, Mexico, through Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas and north into southwestern, central, and southeastern Montana. With its two subgenera, 57 species and 20 subspecies, it is one of the largest genera of cactus.[1]
Coryphantha | |
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Coryphantha ramillosa | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Cactaceae |
Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
Tribe: | Cacteae |
Genus: | Coryphantha (Engelm.) Lem. |
Species | |
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There are four characteristics that distinguish Coryphantha from other cacti.
More than many other cacti, the Coryphantha change in their appearance over their lifespan.[4] The presence or absence of a central spine is not indicative of the genus, even in fully adult plants.[4]
The name Coryphantha was first applied by George Engelmann in 1856 as a subgenus,[5] the earlier name Aulacothele of Lemaire having been abandoned.[6] In 1868 Lemaire promoted the group to genus level.[5][6] Before this all Coryphantha had been classified as Mammillaria.
Image | Scientific name | Subspecies | Distribution |
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Coryphantha clavata (Scheidw.) Backeb. |
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Mexico | |
Coryphantha compacta (Engelm.) Orcutt | Mexico (to Sonora) | ||
Coryphantha cornifera (DC.) Lem. | Mexico | ||
Coryphantha delaetiana (Quehl) A.Berger | Mexico. | ||
Coryphantha delicata L.Bremer | Mexico. | ||
Coryphantha difficilis (Quehl) Orcutt | Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí) | ||
Coryphantha durangensis (Runge ex K.Schum.) Britton & Rose |
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Mexico (Durango, Coahuila). | |
Coryphantha echinoidea (Quehl) Britton & Rose | Mexico | ||
Coryphantha echinus (Engelm.) Britton & Rose | Central Texas to NE. Mexico | ||
Coryphantha elephantidens (Lem.) Lem. |
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Mexico. | |
Coryphantha erecta (Lem. ex Pfeiff.) Lem. | Mexico (to Veracruz) | ||
Coryphantha georgii Boed. | Mexico. | ||
Coryphantha glanduligera (Otto & A.Dietr.) Lem. | Mexico (to Jalisco). | ||
Coryphantha glassii Dicht & A.Lüthy | Mexico (Guanajuato, San Luis Potosí). | ||
Coryphantha gracilis Bremer & A.B.Lau | Mexico (Chihuahua). | ||
Coryphantha hintoniorum Dicht & A.Lüthy |
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Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí) | |
Coryphantha jalpanensis Buchenau | Mexico (Querétaro to Hidalgo) | ||
Coryphantha kracikii Halda, Chalupa & Kupčák | Mexico (Durango) | ||
Coryphantha longicornis Boed. | Mexico (Coahuila, Chihuahua, Durango) | ||
Coryphantha maiz-tablasensis Fritz Schwarz ex Backeb. | Mexico (to Jalisco) | ||
Coryphantha neglecta L.Bremer | Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León). | ||
Coryphantha nickelsiae (K.Brandegee) Britton & Rose | Texas to Mexico (Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Nuevo León) | ||
Coryphantha octacantha (DC.) Britton & Rose | Mexico (to Jalisco). | ||
Coryphantha ottonis (Pfeiff.) Lem. | Mexico. | ||
Coryphantha pallida Britton & Rose |
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Mexico (Veracruz, Puebla, Oaxaca) | |
Coryphantha poselgeriana (A.Dietr.) Britton & Rose | Mexico. | ||
Coryphantha potosiana (Jacobi) Glass & R.A.Foster | Mexico (Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas) | ||
Coryphantha pseudoechinus Boed. |
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Mexico. | |
Coryphantha pseudonickelsiae Backeb. | Mexico (Durango, Chihuahua, Coahuila) | ||
Coryphantha pulleineana (Backeb.) Glass | Mexico (Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí) | ||
Coryphantha pycnacantha (Mart.) Lem. | Mexico. | ||
Coryphantha ramillosa Cutak |
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SW. Texas to NE. Mexico | |
Coryphantha recurvata (Engelm.) Britton & Rose |
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Arizona to Mexico (Sonora) | |
Coryphantha retusa (Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose | Mexico (Puebla, Oaxaca) | ||
Coryphantha robustispina (Schott ex Engelm.) Britton & Rose |
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Arizona to SW. New Mexico and Mexico (Sonora) | |
Coryphantha salinensis (Poselg.) Dicht & A.Lüthy | . Mexico | ||
Coryphantha sulcata (Engelm.) Britton & Rose | Texas to Mexico (Coahuila, Tamualipas, Nuevo León) | ||
Coryphantha tripugionacantha A.B.Lau | Mexico (Zacatecas, Jalisco) | ||
Coryphantha vaupeliana Boed. | Mexico (Tamaulipas, Durango, Zacatecas) | ||
Coryphantha vogtherriana Werderm. & Boed. | Mexico (Jalisco to San Luis Potosí) | ||
Coryphantha werdermannii Boed. | Mexico (Coahuila, Chihuahua, Durango) | ||
Coryphantha wohlschlageri Holzeis | Mexico (Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí) | ||
The genus has two valid synonyms:
and three invalid ones:
A number of Coryphantha have previously been classified in other genera, indeed the type species C. sulcata was originally named Mammillaria sulcata[7] Other examples include Echinocactus salinensis Poselger 1853 now Coryphantha salinensis (Poselger) Dicht and A.Lüthy 1998[8] and Neolloydia pulleineana Blackberg 1948 now Coryphantha pulleineana (Blackberg) Glass 1968.[9]
Similarly, a number of other species have been previously classified as Coryphantha. For example, Escobaria vivipara was called Coryphantha vivipara.[10]
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