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Coryphantha orcuttii (Rose ex Orcutt) Zimmerman
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 44(4): 156. 1972
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Escobaria orcuttii Rose ex Orcutt
Cactography 5, nomen. 1926 (without description); et Boed. Mammill.-Vergl.-Schluss. 17 (1933); cf. Gray Herb. Card Cat., Issue 145. Orcutt

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Escobaria orcuttii Rose ex Orcutt
Cactography 5, nomen. 1926 (without description); et Boed. Mammill.-Vergl.-Schluss. 17 (1933); cf. Gray Herb. Card Cat., Issue 145.
Synonymy: 5
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Snowball Beehive cactus, Koenig Snowball Cactus, Big Hatchet Snowball Cactus, Orcutt pincushion cactus

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Escobaria orcuttii group

  • Escobaria orcuttii Rose ex Orcutt: (var. orcuttii) has 15-18 central spines to 11 mmlong, 30-41 radials, and flowers to 1,2 cm in diameter. Distribution: Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.
  • Escobaria orcuttii var. koenigii Castetter, P.Pierce & K.H.Schwer.: has as many as 22 central spines up to 22 mm long, as many as 57 radials, and flowers to 2 cm in diameter. Distribution: Endemic to Luna County, New Mexico.
  • Escobaria orcuttii var. macraxina Castetter, P.Pierce & K.H.Schwer.: has a stem diameter to 9 cm in diameter, as many as 22 central spines, and as many as 52 radials up to 25 mm long. Distribution: southeastern Hidalgo County, New Mexico.



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