Rapicactus booleanus

Rapicactus booleanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Rapicactus
Species:
R. booleanus
Binomial name
Rapicactus booleanus
(G.S.Hinton) D.Donati 2003
Synonyms
  • Neolloydia booleana (G.S.Hinton) Doweld 2000
  • Rapicactus subterraneus subsp. booleanus (G.S.Hinton) Lüthy 2003
  • Turbinicarpus booleanus G.S.Hinton 1996
  • Turbinicarpus mandragora subsp. booleanus (G.S.Hinton) Lüthy 1999
  • Turbinicarpus subterraneus subsp. booleanus (G.S.Hinton) Zachar 2004

Rapicactus booleanus is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae.

Description

Rapicactus booleanus grows solitarily with a tuberous root connected to the stem by a narrow neck 1–5 cm (0.39–1.97 in) long. The grey-green stems are spherical, obovate to turbinate, narrowing at the collar, and measure 2.5–4.5 cm (0.98–1.77 in) tall and 2.5–5.5 cm (0.98–2.17 in) in diameter. The hard, spirally arranged tubercles are closely set, 4-angled, rhomboid, somewhat flattened and almost truncated above, and somewhat horny or keeled below. There are 2 erect central spines, whitish with dark brown tips, measuring 12–21 mm (0.47–0.83 in) long. Around 18-20 radial spines are white and measure 3–17 mm (0.12–0.67 in) long. Flowers are pale to dark magenta with darker midstripes, blooming on summer days, and are 2 cm (0.79 in) long and 2.5 cm (0.98 in) in diameter. The fruits are dark green to purple, measure 7 mm (0.28 in) long and 6 mm (0.24 in) in diameter, and split open when ripe.[1]

Distribution

Plants are found growing in gypsum outcrops near San Roberto, Nuevo León and in general Mexico.[2]

References

  1. ^ Clement, Peiffer (2013-08-04). "Rapicactus booleanus". LLIFLE. Retrieved 2024-06-17. This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license.
  2. ^ "Rapicactus booleanus (G.S.Hinton) D.Donati". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
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