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Mammillaria octacantha DC.
in Mem. Mus. Par. xvii. (1828) 113.
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Coryphantha octacantha (DC.) Britton & Rose
Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 30. 1923 [24 Dec 1923] Britton & Rose

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Coryphantha octacantha (DC.) Britton & Rose
Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 4: 30. 1923 [24 Dec 1923]
Synonymy: 49
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Coryphantha octacantha group

  • Coryphantha clava (Pfeiff.) Lem.: has club-shaped, deep green body and white and yellow spines. Plants solitary or branching basally (same as Coryphantha octacantha).
  • Coryphantha octacantha (DC.) Britton & Rose: Distribution: Mexico. (Aguascalientes, Guanajauto, Hidalgo, and Querétaro, also it rarely occurs in the states of San Luis Potosí and in Tamaulipas.)


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