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Tephrocactus floccosus (Salm-Dyck) Backeb. in Möller
Deutsche Gärtn.-Zeitung 1934, xlix. 105, in obs., nomen; Backeb. inBackeb. & F. M. Knuth, Kaktus-ABC, 105 (1935).
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Austrocylindropuntia floccosa (Salm-Dyck) F.Ritter
Kakteen Südamerika 4: 1244 (1981)

Tephrocactus floccosus (Austrocylindropuntia floccosa) Photo by: Diego Armentano

Synonyms:

See all synonyms of Austrocylindropuntia floccosa
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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Austrocylindropuntia floccosa (Salm-Dyck) F.Ritter
Kakteen Südamerika 4: 1244 (1981)
Synonymy: 26
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Polar Bear Cactus, Wool cactus, Living snow
GERMAN (Deutsch): Eisbärkaktus
SPANISH (Español): Huaraco

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Austrocylindropuntia floccosa group



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