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Discocactus placentiformis (Lehmann) K. Schum.

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Cactaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Brazil
  • Habitat:

  • Description: Small globular cactus, with white, fragrant flowers borne by a terminal cephalium.

Restrictions:

  • CITES Appendix I Listed Plant - Plants are not to leave Greenhouse!

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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201100282
  • Source: Matt Opel
  • Provenance: Acquired as D. crystallophilus from CSSM show. Plants from C&J Cactus nursery in Vista, Ca.
  • Accession Date: 10-20-2011
  • Bench: 2213 - XER:Sonoran-Baja Deserts
  • Qty: 2 confirmed on 05-20-2013

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Caryophyllales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Cactaceae
  • SubFamily: Cactoideae
  • Tribe: Trichocereeae
  • SubTribe:

References:

data regenerated on Wed, 22 May 2013 14:25:40 -0400

Other Accessions in Cactaceae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Browningieae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Cacteae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Cereeae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Hylocereeae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Notocacteae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Pachycereeae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Rhipsalideae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Trichocereeae

Subfamily Maihuenioideae

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Austrocylindropuntieae

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Cylindropuntieae

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Opuntieae

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Pterocacteae

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Tephrocacteae

Subfamily Pereskioideae
Tribe Pereskieae

W/C = Wild Collected

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