Pelecyphora lloydii

Pelecyphora lloydii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Pelecyphora
Species:	P. lloydii
Binomial name
	Pelecyphora lloydii; (Britton & Rose) D.Aquino & Dan.Sánchez
Synonyms
	Coryphantha lloydii (Britton & Rose) Fosberg 1931; Escobaria lloydii Britton & Rose 1923; Neobesseya lloydii (Britton & Rose) Lodé 2013;

Pelecyphora lloydii is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to Mexico.

Description

Pelecyphora lloydii grows with several shoots and often forms cushions. There are corked bald warts on the shoots. The several strong central spines are up to 2 centimeters long. Its approximately 20 slender and radiating marginal spines are white.

The greenish flowers are up to 2.5 centimeters long. The red, spherical fruits are 6 to 12 millimeters long.^[1]

Distribution

Pelecyphora lloydii is widespread in the Mexican state of Zacatecas.

Taxonomy

The first description by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose was published in 1923.^[2] The specific epithet lloydii honors the British cytologist Francis Ernest Lloyd (1868–1947). David Aquino & Daniel Sánchez moved the species to Pelecyphora based on phylogenetic studies in 2022.^[3] Nomenclature synonyms are Coryphantha lloydii (Britton & Rose) Fosberg (1931), Neobesseya lloydii (Britton & Rose) Lodé (2013) and Escobaria lloydii Britton & Rose (1923).^[4]

References

^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 275. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
^ Britton, Nathaniel Lord; Eaton, Mary E.; Rose, J. N.; Wood, Helen Adelaide (1919). The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.46288.
^ Sánchez, Daniel; Vázquez-Benítez, Balbina; Vázquez-Sánchez, Monserrat; Aquino, David; Arias, Salvador (2022-01-21). "Phylogenetic relationships in Coryphantha and implications on Pelecyphora and Escobaria (Cacteae, Cactoideae, Cactaceae)". PhytoKeys (188). Pensoft Publishers: 115–165. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.188.75739. ISSN 1314-2003. PMC 8799629.
^ Sciences., Southern California Academy of (1929). "Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences". The Academy. Retrieved 2023-12-15.

External links

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[Anderson_Eggli_2005_p._275-1] Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 275. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.

[Britton_Eaton_Rose_Wood_1919_p.-2] Britton, Nathaniel Lord; Eaton, Mary E.; Rose, J. N.; Wood, Helen Adelaide (1919). The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.46288.

[Sánchez_Vázquez-Benítez_Vázquez-Sánchez_Aquino_2022_pp._115–165-3] Sánchez, Daniel; Vázquez-Benítez, Balbina; Vázquez-Sánchez, Monserrat; Aquino, David; Arias, Salvador (2022-01-21). "Phylogenetic relationships in Coryphantha and implications on Pelecyphora and Escobaria (Cacteae, Cactoideae, Cactaceae)". PhytoKeys (188). Pensoft Publishers: 115–165. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.188.75739. ISSN 1314-2003. PMC 8799629.

[Sciences._1929_h659-4] Sciences., Southern California Academy of (1929). "Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences". The Academy. Retrieved 2023-12-15.

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