Obregonia denegrii Fric

Common Name: Peyotillo, Obregonita
Family: Cactaceae Juss.

Country of Origin: Mexico, Tamaulipas, San Vicente near Ciudad Victoria
Habitat: rare species resembling a dark green pine cone..

Description: [syn. Ariocarpus denegrii, Strombocactus denegri]
Solitary, to 12cm across.
This cactus is known as a peyote due to B.P. Reko's chemical studies which found that it contained alkaloids similar to those in the well known Ariocarpus peyote species. From this data alone comes the assumption of O. denegrii being a peyote species. Extracts of this cactus have been shown to have antibiotic activity.

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:

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Accession Data:

Accession # 199800173
Source: Chiltern Seed
Accession Date: 11-10-1998
Bench: 2211 - XER:Chihuahuan-Tehuacan Deserts
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 07-11-2017
Restrictions:
- IUCN Red List: Endangered Species
- CITES Appendix I Listed Plant - Plants are not to leave Greenhouse!

Classification:

Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
SubClass: core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
SubOrder:
Family: Cactaceae
SubFamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Cacteae
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References (internal):

References (external):

Cacti, The Illustrated Dictionary, Preston-Mafham, 1991 The Last Peyotero

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