Aztekium hintonii

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Aztekium hintonii
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Flowering specimen
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Aztekium
Species:
A. hintonii
Binomial name
Aztekium hintonii
Aztekium hintonii Glass & W.A.Fitz Maur.(1992)
Synonyms
  • × Aztekonia hintonii(Glass & W.A.Fitz Maur.) Mottram 2014

Aztekium hintonii, is a species of cactus in the genus Aztekium . [2]

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Description

The specimens are small solitary plants with green to greyish-green, spherical to short columnar stem, up to 10 cm in diameter and 6-10 cm high. The 10 to 15 very sharp-edged and clearly pronounced 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 become even wider with age. The 2-3 spines are strongly curved and are up to 13 millimeters long. The magenta-colored flowers reach a diameter of 1 to 3 centimeters. Red flowers 1-3 cm in diameter. Fruits elongated at the central apex. [3]

Distribution

Aztekium hintonii is endemic to the north of the Sierra Madre Oriental, in the municipality of Galeana, Nuevo León. It lives from 1100 to 1200 m above sea level, on gypsum cliffs with xeric scrub, associated with other cacti ( Mammillaria candida , Mammillaria pilispina , Mammillaria winterae , Thelocactus matudae , Neolloydia conoidea , Geohintonia mexicana ) and other plants such as Selaginella gypsophila and Selaginella lepidophylla . [4] Minimum average temperature 10 °C in full sun, little water, porous substrate with a high percentage of gypsum (calcium sulfate). They reproduce through seeds, they are grafted to accelerate their slow growth.


Taxonomy

Aztekium hintonii, a species discovered by George Sebastian Hinton, was scientifically described and published in 1992 by Charles Edward Glass and Walter Alfred Fitz Maurice in the journal Cactáceas y Suculentas Mexicanas. [5]


Cultivation

Aztekium hintonii is easier to grow than Aztekium ritteri , but it is easy to lose during first years due to mistakes in cultivation.

References

  1. ↑ SG), Succulent Plants; SG), Succulent Plants; Biología, Héctor Hernández (Instituto de; Assessment), Martin Smith (Global Cactus (2009-11-19). "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2023-10-21.
  2. ↑ "Aztekium hintonii Glass & W.A.Fitz Maur. — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  3. ↑ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 90. ISBN   3-8001-4573-1.
  4. ↑ Vallicelli, Valentino (2013-08-04). "Aztekium hintonii". LLIFLE. Retrieved 2026-01-25. Creative Commons by-sa small.svg  This article incorporates textfrom this source, which is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license.
  5. ↑ Eggli, Urs; Newton, Leonard E. (2010-11-30). Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Berlin, [Germany] ; Heidelberg, [Germany]: Springer. p. 109. ISBN   978-3-642-05597-3.
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