Aztekium hintonii (Aztekium hintonii)
Description
Aztekium hintonii is a species of the genus Aztekium in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet hintonii honors the Mexican farmer and plant collector George Sebastián Hinton (* 1949), who discovered the species Aztekium hintonii grows individually with cloudy gray-green, spherical to short-columned bodies that reach diameters of up to 10 centimeters. The 10 to 15 very sharp-edged and distinct ribs have numerous very fine, transverse wrinkles on their flanks. The ribs are 6 to 12 millimeters high and 3 to 4 millimeters wide. They get wider with age. The 2 thorns are strongly bent and grow up to 13 millimeters long. The magenta flowers reach diameters of 1 to 3 centimeters.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Caryophyllales
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Family: Cactaceae
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Genus: Aztekium
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