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Aztekium ritterii f. senilis hort.

Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Aztekium ritteri Boed.
Monatsschr. Deutsch. Kakteen-Ges. 1: 52. 1929

Aztekium ritterii f. senilis Photo by: Prof. Ilham Alakbarov

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Aztekium ritteri Boed.
Monatsschr. Deutsch. Kakteen-Ges. 1: 52. 1929
Synonymy: 5
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Aztekium ritterii group

  • Aztekium ritteri Boed.: Very slow growing cactus, seldom exceeding 5 cm in diameter and rather less in height, with 9 to 11 rounded ribs crossed by numerous horizontal furrows. Between these true ribs are small secondary ribs, reaching about halfway up the plant body.
  • Aztekium ritterii f. cristatum hort.: Crested form.
  • Aztekium ritterii f. montruosa hort.: monstrous form.
  • Aztekium ritterii f. senilis hort.: this a woollier form of Aztekium ritterii distinguished by its areoles densely covered by tufts of soft tangled greyish-white hair. Origin: unknown.


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