Rebutia mentosa, the crown cactus, is a species of cactus in the genus Rebutia, native to Bolivia.[2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]

Rebutia mentosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Rebutia
Species:	R. mentosa
Binomial name
Rebutia mentosa (F.Ritter) Donald[1]
Synonyms[2]
List Sulcorebutia albissima (F.H.Brandt) Pilbeam Sulcorebutia augustini Hentzschel Sulcorebutia augustini var. jakubeciana Halda, Hertus & Horácek Sulcorebutia dorana Gertel Sulcorebutia flavida (F.H.Brandt) Pilbeam Sulcorebutia flavissima Rausch Sulcorebutia formosa (F.H.Brandt) Pilbeam Sulcorebutia markusii Rausch Sulcorebutia mentosa F.Ritter Sulcorebutia mentosa var. swobodae (K.Augustin) K.Augustin Sulcorebutia purpurea subsp. dorana (Gertel) Halda, Hertus & Horácek Sulcorebutia sedae Hertus, Horácek & Kunte Sulcorebutia swobodae K.Augustin Sulcorebutia tiraquensis var. augustinii (Hentzschel) Gertel & J.de Vries Weingartia albissima F.H.Brandt Weingartia augustini (Hentzschel) Hentzschel & K.Augustin Weingartia dorana (Gertel) Hentzschel & K.Augustin Weingartia flavida F.H.Brandt Weingartia flavissima (Rausch) F.H.Brandt Weingartia formosa F.H.Brandt Weingartia markusii (Rausch) F.H.Brandt Weingartia mentosa (F.Ritter) F.H.Brandt Weingartia mentosa subsp. albissima (F.H.Brandt) Lodé Weingartia mentosa var. albissima (F.H.Brandt) Hentzschel & K.Augustin Weingartia mentosa subsp. swobodae (K.Augustin) Lodé Weingartia mentosa var. swobodae (K.Augustin) Hentzschel & K.Augustin Weingartia steinbachii subsp. markusii (Rausch) Gertel & J.de Vries Weingartia tiraquensis var. augustini (Hentzschel) Gertel & J.de Vries

Subspecies

The following subspecies is currently accepted:[2]

• Rebutia mentosa subsp. purpurea (Donald & A.B.Lau) Donald ex D.R.Hunt

References

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