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Echinocactus mexicanus (Glass & W.A.Fitz Maur.) Halda
Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 7(2): 72. 2000
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Geohintonia mexicana Glass & W.A.Fitz Maur.
Cact. Suc. Mex. 37: 17 (-19; figs). 1992

Echinocactus mexicanus (Geohintonia mexicana) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
This odd cactus is unmistakable and very distinctive. The flowers are magenta, diurnal and apical.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Geohintonia mexicana Glass & W.A.Fitz Maur.
Cact. Suc. Mex. 37: 17 (-19; figs). 1992
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Geohintonia mexicana f. cristata hort.

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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Geohintonia mexicana group

  • Geohintonia mexicana Glass & W.A.Fitz Maur.: It is a strongly ribbed cactus of unique appearance. The stem is dark green/brown covered by a glaucous/grey pruina, globose, becoming slowly columnar, up to 10 cm or more, 10 cm in diameter with a woolly apex.
  • Geohintonia mexicana f. cristata hort.: Fan shaped crests of variable appearance and size (depending on clones), the more common type has thin ribs and colourful brown-orangish dark bodies, while the thick greyish-green bodied forms (usually by seeds) are very rare.


22207 flavio Flavio Agrosi
Grown on a slab of gypsum (a sedimentary rock formations) (Geohintonia mexicana) Photo by: Flavio Agrosi
9425 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Echinocactus mexicanus (Geohintonia mexicana) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

1974 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Echinocactus mexicanus (Geohintonia mexicana) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
1977 cactus-art Cactus Art
2,5 cm (9 ears old) (Geohintonia mexicana) Photo by: Cactus Art

1976 cactus-art Cactus Art
Echinocactus mexicanus (Geohintonia mexicana) Photo by: Cactus Art
18261 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Echinocactus mexicanus (Geohintonia mexicana) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

1973 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Echinocactus mexicanus (Geohintonia mexicana) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
1978 cactus-art Cactus Art
5 years old seedlings. (Geohintonia mexicana) Photo by: Cactus Art

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