Thelocactus multicephalus

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|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite journal | last=Biología | first=Héctor Hernández (Instituto de | last2=Group) | first2=Succulent Plants Specialist | last3=Assessment) | first3=Martin Smith (Global Cactus | title=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | journal=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | date=2009-11-18 | url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/151849/121570610 | access-date=2024-09-30 | page=}}

|genus = Thelocactus

|species = multicephalus

|authority = Halda & Panar.

|synonyms =

Thelocactus rinconensis subsp. multicephalus {{au|(Halda & Panar.) Lüthy 1999}}

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Thelocactus multicephalus is a species of cactus endemic to Nuevo León, Mexico.{{cite web | title=Thelocactus multicephalus Halda & Panar. | website=Plants of the World Online | url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A317910-2 | access-date=2024-09-30}}

Description

Thelocactus multicephalus is a small perennial gray-green cactus that grows in clusters, growing 6 - {{cvt|15|cm}} tall and is between {{cvt|8 - 20|cm}} in diameter. It has conical tubercles. The areoles have 4 to 5 central spines are {{cvt|1 -12|cm}} long that are grey, radial spines are absent. Flowers, about {{cvt|3–6|cm}} long, are funnel-shaped and white and rarely light pink, growing from new growth at the top of the plant. Seeds are {{cvt|1.6-2.1|mm}} long.{{cite web | title=Thelocactus multicephalus | website=The Genus Thelocactus | date=1985-02-14 | url=https://www.thelocactus.cactus-mall.com/Species_Files/multicephalus.html | access-date=2024-09-30}}

Distribution

The plant is found in Nuevo León and San Luis Potosí, Mexico growing on limestone hills at elevations between 1600 and 1700 meters

Taxonomy

Echinocactus multicephalus was first discovered near Sandia, by A. Hofer and collected by JJ. Halda in February 1985.{{cite journal | last=Mosco | first=Alessandro | last2=Zanovello | first2=Carlo | title=An introduction to the genus Thelocactus | journal= Cactus & Co | publisher=Cactus & Co.| volume=1 | issue=6 | date=2002 | issn= | doi= | pages=144–171|url= http://www.thelocactus.cactus-mall.com/Thelocactus_Downloads/Thelocactus.pdf}} The plant was described in 1998.{{cite book | title=Cactaceae Consensus Initiatives | publisher=D. Hunt | issue=nos. 1-8 | year=1996 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JSlQAAAAYAAJ | language=es | access-date=2024-09-30 | page=}}

References

External links

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Category:Flora of Mexico