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Ariocarpus furfuraceus C.H.Thomps.
Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 9: 130, pl. 34. 1898
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Ariocarpus retusus Scheidw.
Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 5: 492 (t. 1). 1838

Ariocarpus furfuraceus Photo by: Prof. Ilham Alakbarov
40 years old seedling. The variety "furfuraceus" is distingushable for the dark green-brown-grey equilaterally triangular shaped tubercles with abundant white wool at the apex. The tubercles are also usually more obese, pointed and smooth, with areoles on the tip.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Ariocarpus retusus Scheidw.
Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 5: 492 (t. 1). 1838
Synonymy: 31 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Ariocarpus retusus subs. trigonus (F.A.C.Weber) E.F.Anderson & W.A.Fitz Maur.
Haseltonia 5: 18. 1998 [1997 publ. 1998]
Synonymy: 7 Cultivars (11):
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Seven Stars, Living Rock
CHINESE (中文): 象牙牡丹

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Ariocarpus retusus group


5312 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Ariocarpus furfuraceus Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
5311 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Ariocarpus furfuraceus Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

5310 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Ariocarpus furfuraceus Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
24518 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Juvenile specimen (5 years old). Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

26102 Ilham Prof. Ilham Alakbarov
Ariocarpus furfuraceus Photo by: Prof. Ilham Alakbarov
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