Geohintonia

Geohintonia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Geohintonia
Species:
G. mexicana
Binomial name
Geohintonia mexicana
Synonyms
  • Aztekium mexicanum (Glass & W.A.Fitz Maur.) Barmon & Corman 2015
  • Echinocactus mexicanus (Glass & W.A.Fitz Maur.) Halda 2000

Geohintonia mexicana (discovered in 1992) is a species of cacti, the only species in the genus Geohintonia. This genus is named after its discoverer George S. Hinton. As its specific epithet suggests, the plant is found in Mexico (Nuevo León), where it grows on gypsum hills near Galeana.[2]

  1. ^ SG), Succulent Plants; SG), Succulent Plants; Biología, Héctor Hernández (Instituto de; Assessment), Martin Smith (Global Cactus (2009-11-17). "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2023-11-05.
  2. ^ a b Anderson, Edward F. (2001), The Cactus Family, Pentland, Oregon: Timber Press, ISBN 978-0-88192-498-5, p. 342