Author: | Franz
Buxbaum & Curt Backeberg 1937 |
Family: |
Cactaceae |
Habitat: |
North-Eastern Mexico |
Soil: |
Grit |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Maximum |
Thickness: |
30
millimetres |
Height: |
40
millimetres |
Flower:
|
Reddish-Purple |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Cuttings |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
Might be Neolloydia pseudomacrochele,
E.F.Anderson 1986.
Pediocactus pseudomacrochele,
Halda 1998.
Kadenicarpus
pseudomacrochele, Doweld 1998.
Strombocactus pseudomacrochele, Curt Backeberg
1935.
Toumeya pseudomacrochele, W.T.Marsha,
1946. |
This tiny member of the Cactaceae family was given this name by Franz
Buxbaum & Curt Backeberg in 1937. It have recently been
shifted to the Neolloydia, Pediocactus and Kadenicarpus
genera. It is found in Querétaro and Hidalgo; north-eastern Mexico, growing in grit with
rather little water and plenty of sun. Each stem can grow to four
centimetres in height and up to three centimetres in diameter. The
flowers are reddish purple with lighter edges. |