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Astrophytum caput-medusae (synonym Digitostigma caput-medusae) [1] is a species of cactus native to Mexico, specifically the state of Nuevo León; the plant is reported to grow wild only at a single location.[1] This species differs from the conventional star-shaped phenotype associated with other Astrophytum members.[2] The plant is characterized by a cylindrical, reduced stem with triangular or cylindrical tubercles producing yellow flowers with orange perianth sections.[3] Propagation by seed, tissue culture or via grafting have all been reported.[2] The species is considered critically endangered by the IUCN due to the plant's limited growth range, destruction by livestock and over collection of wild specimen by plant collectors [1]

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Astrophytum caput-medusae
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Astrophytum
Species:	A. caput-medusae
Binomial name
Astrophytum caput-medusae D.R.Hunt
Synonyms
Digitostigma caput-medusae Velazco & Nevárez

References

External links

• Media related to Astrophytum caput-medusae at Wikimedia Commons

На других языках

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- [en] Astrophytum caput-medusae

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[ru] Астрофитум голова-медузы

Астрофитум голова-медузы (лат. Astrophytum caput-medusae), или Дигитостигма капут-медуза (Digitostigma caput-medusae) — это кактус из рода астрофитум, который открыли в 2002 году исследователи Карлос Г. Веласко Масиас (исп. Carlos Velazco) и Мануэль Неварес-де-лос-Рейес (Manuel Nevarez)[2].

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