Förster, C.F., Rümpler, T., Carl Friedrich Forster’s Handbuch der Cacteenkunde (1886)
Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2

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vol. 1 (1886)

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t. 51 p. 449

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name cited:
Discocactus insignis Pfeiff.
name recognized:
Discocactus placentiformis (Lehm.) Schumann
name recognized (basionym):
Cactus placentiformis Lehm.

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family: Cactaceae
subfamily: Cactoideae
tribe: Hylocereeae

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epithet cited: insignis,-is,-e

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epithet recognized: placentiformis,-is,-e

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Illustration contributed by:
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A.

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link to this page:
https://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=118267

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synonyms:

homotypic synonyms:
Cactus placentiformis species Lehm.; Echinocactus placentiformis species (Lehm.) Schumann;