Aylostera pygmaea

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Acantholobivia haagei (Frič & Schelle) Y.Itô
Aylostera amblypetala (F.Ritter) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera brunescens (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera canacruzensis (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera colorea (F.Ritter) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera crassa (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera diersiana subsp. atrovirens (Rausch) Mosti & Papini, not validly publ., without basionym date.
Aylostera diersiana (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera eos (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera friedrichiana (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera gavazzii (Mosti) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera haagei subsp. elegantula (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera haagei subsp. mudanensis (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera haagei (Frič & Schelle) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera iridescens (F.Ritter) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera iscayachensis (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera knizei (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera minor (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera mixticolor (F.Ritter) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera nazarenoensis (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
Rebutia nataliarum V.Gapon
Aylostera odehnalii (Halda, Šeda & Šorma) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera orurensis (Backeb.) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera pallida (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera pauciareolata (F.Ritter) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera pelzliana (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera polypetala (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera raffaellii (Mosti & Papini) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera raulii (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera rovidana (Mosti & Papini) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera tafnaensis (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera torquata (F.Ritter & Buining) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera tropaeolipicta (F.Ritter) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera violaceostaminata (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
Aylostera violascens (F.Ritter) Mosti & Papini
Digitorebutia digitiformis (Backeb.) Buining
Digitorebutia haagei (Frič & Schelle) Frič ex Buining
Digitorebutia nazarenoensis Rausch
Digitorebutia orurensis (Backeb.) Buining
Digitorebutia pectinata (Backeb.) Buining
Echinopsis pygmaea R.E.Fr.
Lobivia digitiformis Backeb.
Lobivia haagei (Frič & Schelle) Wessner
Lobivia neohaageana Backeb.
Lobivia nigrispina Backeb.
Lobivia orurensis Backeb.
Lobivia pectinata Backeb.
Lobivia pygmaea (R.E.Fr.) Backeb.
Mediolobivia digitiformis (Backeb.) Krainz
Mediolobivia fuauxiana Backeb.
Mediolobivia haagei (Frič & Schelle) Backeb. ex Krainz
Mediolobivia orurensis (Backeb.) Backeb.
Mediolobivia pectinata (Backeb.) Krainz
Mediolobivia pygmaea (R.E.Fr.) Krainz
Rebulobivia haagei Frič & Schelle ex Backeb. & F.M.Knuth, pro syn.
Rebutia albidula Slaba, Šorma & Lad.Fisch.
Rebutia amblypetala (F.Ritter) Mosti
Rebutia brunescens Rausch
Rebutia canacruzensis Rausch
Rebutia colorea F.Ritter
Rebutia crassa (Rausch) Šída
Rebutia diersiana subsp. atrovirens (Rausch) Mosti
Rebutia diersiana Rausch
Rebutia elegantula (Rausch) Šída
Rebutia eos Rausch
Rebutia friedrichiana Rausch
Rebutia fuauxiana (Backeb.) Šída
Rebutia gavazzii subsp. gertii V.Gapon
Rebutia gavazzii Mosti
Rebutia gracilispina F.Ritter
Rebutia haagei subsp. mudanensis (Rausch) Mosti
Rebutia haagei Frič & Schelle
Rebutia iridescens F.Ritter
Rebutia iscayachensis Rausch
Rebutia knizei (Rausch) Šída
Rebutia lanosiflora F.Ritter
Rebutia minor (Rausch) Mosti
Rebutia mixta F.Ritter
Rebutia mixticolor F.Ritter
Rebutia mudanensis Rausch
Rebutia nazarenoensis (Rausch) B.Fearn & Pearcy
Rebutia odehnalii Halda, Šeda & Šorma
Rebutia odontopetala F.Ritter
Rebutia orurensis (Backeb.) F.Ritter ex Šída
Rebutia pallida Rausch
Rebutia pauciareolata F.Ritter
Rebutia paucicostata F.Ritter
Rebutia pelzliana (Rausch) Šída
Rebutia poecilantha F.Ritter
Rebutia polypetala (Rausch) Šída
Rebutia pygmaea (R.E.Fr.) Britton & Rose
Rebutia raffaellii Mosti & Papini
Rebutia raulii Rausch
Rebutia rosalbiflora F.Ritter
Rebutia rovidana Mosti & Papini
Rebutia rutiliflora F.Ritter
Rebutia salpingantha F.Ritter
Rebutia tafnaensis (Rausch) Šída
Rebutia torquata F.Ritter & Buining
Rebutia tropaeolipicta F.Ritter
Rebutia villazonensis F.H.Brandt
Rebutia violaceostaminata (Rausch) Šída
Rebutia violascens F.Ritter

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Aylostera pygmaea, synonyms including Rebutia pygmaea, is a species of cactus in the genus Aylostera, native to Bolivia and northwest Argentina.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:218187-2 |title=Aylostera pygmaea (R.E.Fr.) Mosti & Papini |author= |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=1 October 2023 }} It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{cite web|title=Rebutia pygmaea |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/119658/Rebutia-pygmaea/Details |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |accessdate=15 November 2020 }}

Description

Aylostera pygmaea rarely grows alone, but most often produces abundant shoots with spherical, depressed spherical or cylindrically elongated bodies. The bodies reach heights of up to 6 centimeters with diameters of 0.5 to 4 centimeters and have a strong beet root. The 9 to 15 ribs are hardly divided into cusps. The areoles are circular. The central spine, which can also be missing, is protruding and short. The 2 to 11 marginal spines are white to brownish. They radiate laterally, rest against the surface of the body or slightly protrude and are 2 to 6 millimeters long.

The yellow to golden yellow, orange, orange-red, pink or violet, rarely flamed flowers are 1.6 to 2.7 centimeters long. The spherical fruits are greenish and have a diameter of up to 6 millimeters.

References

pygmaea

Category:Plants described in 1905

Category:Taxa named by Robert Elias Fries