Pelecyphora lloydii
{{Short description|Species of cactus}}
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| image = Escobaria lloydii.jpg
| taxon = Pelecyphora lloydii
| authority = (Britton & Rose) D.Aquino & Dan.Sánchez
| synonyms =
- Coryphantha lloydii {{au|(Britton & Rose) Fosberg 1931}}
- Escobaria lloydii {{au|Britton & Rose 1923}}
- Neobesseya lloydii {{au|(Britton & Rose) Lodé 2013}}
}}
Pelecyphora lloydii is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to Mexico.
Description
Pelecyphora lloydii grows with several shoots and often forms cushions. There are corked bald warts on the shoots. The several strong central spines are up to 2 centimeters long. Its approximately 20 slender and radiating marginal spines are white.
The greenish flowers are up to 2.5 centimeters long. The red, spherical fruits are 6 to 12 millimeters long.{{cite book | last1=Anderson | first1=Edward F. | last2=Eggli | first2=Urs | title=Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon | publisher=Ulmer | publication-place=Stuttgart (Hohenheim) | date=2005 | isbn=3-8001-4573-1 | language=de | page=275}}
Distribution
Pelecyphora lloydii is widespread in the Mexican state of Zacatecas.
Taxonomy
The first description by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose was published in 1923.{{cite book | last1=Britton | first1=Nathaniel Lord | last2=Eaton | first2=Mary E. | last3=Rose | first3=J. N. | last4=Wood | first4=Helen Adelaide | title=The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family | publisher=Carnegie Institution of Washington | publication-place=Washington | year=1919 | doi=10.5962/bhl.title.46288 | page=}} The specific epithet lloydii honors the British cytologist Francis Ernest Lloyd (1868–1947). David Aquino & Daniel Sánchez moved the species to Pelecyphora based on phylogenetic studies in 2022.{{cite journal | last1=Sánchez | first1=Daniel | last2=Vázquez-Benítez | first2=Balbina | last3=Vázquez-Sánchez | first3=Monserrat | last4=Aquino | first4=David | last5=Arias | first5=Salvador | title=Phylogenetic relationships in Coryphantha and implications on Pelecyphora and Escobaria (Cacteae, Cactoideae, Cactaceae) | journal=PhytoKeys | publisher=Pensoft Publishers | issue=188 | date=2022-01-21 | issn=1314-2003 | doi=10.3897/phytokeys.188.75739 | pages=115–165| doi-access=free | pmc=8799629 }} Nomenclature synonyms are Coryphantha lloydii (Britton & Rose) Fosberg (1931), Neobesseya lloydii (Britton & Rose) Lodé (2013) and Escobaria lloydii Britton & Rose (1923).{{cite web | last=Sciences. | first=Southern California Academy of | title=Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences | publisher=The Academy | volume=v.28–30 (1929–1931) | date=1929 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34202037 | access-date=2023-12-15}}
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External links
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