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Neolloydia johnsonii (Parry ex Engelm.) L.D.Benson
Cacti Ariz. ed. 3, 25, 192. 1969
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Echinomastus johnsonii (Parry ex Engelm.) E.M.Baxter in E.M.Baxter
Calif. Cact. 75. 1935 E.M.Baxter

Neolloydia johnsonii (Echinomastus johnsonii) Photo by: Prof. Ilham Alakbarov

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Echinomastus johnsonii (Parry ex Engelm.) E.M.Baxter in E.M.Baxter
Calif. Cact. 75. 1935
Synonymy: 12
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Johnson's Fishhook Cactus, Pink Viznaga, Pineapple Cactus, Johnson's Pineapple Cactus, Chartreuse Pineapple Cactus, Johnson's Beehive Cactus, Eight-spine Fishhook Cactus, Johnson's Barrel Cactus, Pygmy Barrel Cactus

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Echinomastus johnsonii group

  • Echinomastus johnsonii (Parry ex Engelm.) E.M.Baxter in E.M.Baxter: is a small “barrel cacti” almost completely hidden by the interlocking spines. It includes plants quite variable in flower and spination colors.
  • Echinomastus johnsonii var. lutescens (Parish) Wiggins in Shreve & Wiggins: Yellow-flowered.

5940 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Dry spines. (Echinomastus johnsonii) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
5941 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Neolloydia johnsonii (Echinomastus johnsonii) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

5939 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
- Las Vegas, Nevada, USA The stem of this fascinating cactus is almost completely hidden by the interlocking grey-pink to grey-brown spines except for the apex that is more or less devoid of spines, but with a heavily felted-over circular patch 1-1,5 cm in diameter. (Echinomastus johnsonii) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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