Tephrocactus abditus D.J.Ferguson & Janeba
, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 91(4): 252 (2019).
External links to taxonomic opinions:
- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77204499-1
- Publication
- Cactus and Succulent Journal. [Cactus and Succulent Society of America]
- Collation
- 91(4): 252
- Date of Publication
- 18 Nov 2019
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Cactaceae
Type Information
- Locality
- About 20km E of San José de Escalchi, c. 2800m
- Type Herbaria
- holotype PR 954401
- Distribution Of Types
- Salta (Argentina Northwest, Southern South America, Southern America)
- Type Remarks
- Vegetatively propagated from the private collection in Prague, from the plant originally collected by Karel Slavik on 29 January 1994.
Remarks
The epithet 'abditus' means hidden secret, which nicely characterizes the literally hidden life of this cryptic cactus species; the plants are extremely difficult to find unless in flower.