| Pelecyphora cubensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Pelecyphora |
| Species: | P. cubensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pelecyphora cubensis (Britton & Rose) D.Aquino & Dan.Sánchez | |
Pelecyphora cubensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to Cuba.
Pelecyphora cubensis grows solitary and remains small. The spherical to depressed spherical shoots reach heights of 1 to 3 centimeters and diameters of 2 to 3 centimeters. Their 6 to 7 millimeters long warts are only furrowed along half their length. Central spines are usually not present. The ten to 15 white, finely downy marginal spines are radiating. They are 3 to 4 millimeters long.
The flowers are light yellowish green. They are 1.6 centimeters long and reach a diameter of 1.2 to 1.6 centimeters. The red fruits are shorter than 10 millimeters.
Pelecyphora cubensis is found in the Holguín province of Cuba. [2]
The first description as Coryphantha cubensis by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose was published in 1912. [3] The specific epithet cubensis refers to the occurrence of the species in Cuba. David Richard Hunt placed the species in the genus Escobaria in 1978. [4] David Aquino & Daniel Sánchez moved the species to Pelecyphora based on phylogenetic studies in 2022. [5] Nomenclature synonyms include Neobesseya cubensis (Britton & Rose) Hester (1941) and Neolloydia cubensis (Britton & Rose) Backeb. (1942).
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