View source for Neolloydia conoidea var. conoidea

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|accepted_name=Neolloydia conoidea var. conoidea
|accepted_authority=unknown
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|common_names=Texas cone cactus
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|hierarchy=Cactaceae;Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae;Neolloydia;Neolloydia conoidea;Neolloydia conoidea var. conoidea
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cactaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Neolloydia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Neolloydia conoidea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Neolloydia conoidea var. conoidea]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
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|treatment_page=page 238
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems:</b> tubercles ascending but not overlapping sufficiently to be called imbricate; axils copiously woolly at stem apex during flowering; hairs pure white, to 6 mm. <b>Spines</b>: radial spines appressed, whitish, often with dark tips (rarely all white or all brown), translucent or opaque, 0.3 mm diam. beyond bulbous basal portion; central spines black or dark brown, 6–25(–30) × 0.5–1 mm diam.; abaxial longest central spine porrect or angled slightly toward base of plant, 17–24 mm; adaxial 1–3 central spines angled toward apex of plant, 9–17 mm. <b>Flowers</b>: outer tepals whitish with greenish midvein; inner tepals bright rose-pink, almost magenta, without darker midstripes; anthers 1 mm; style 7–11 × 1 mm. <b>Fruits</b> persistent, pale yellowish olive, proximal part hidden by hairs, off white with very slight pink tint. <b>Seeds</b> black, pyriform, 1.4–1.6 mm. <b>2n</b> = 22.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jul; fruiting Nov.
|habitat=Chihuahuan desert scrub, edge of Tamaulipan thorn scrub, stony grasslands, usually on limestone
|elevation=[500-]800-1400[-2300] m
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Coahuila;Durango;Nuevo León;San Luis Potosí;Tamaulipas;Zacatecas).
|discussion=<p><i>Neolloydia conoidea</i> has the grooved tubercles and general appearance of many species of <i>Coryphantha</i>, but has flowers, fruits, and seeds most like those of <i>Ariocarpus</i>.</p><!--
--><p><i>Neolloydia</i> gautii L. D. Benson, known only from the type specimen, was alleged to be from Texas (L. D. Benson 1982). The controversial specimen, a greenhouse-grown plant with a J. N. Rose garden number, represents the common Mexican species Turbinicarpus beguinii (N. P. Taylor) Mosco & Zanovello (in the broad sense).</p>
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name=Neolloydia conoidea var. conoidea
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|authority=unknown
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|family=Cactaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jul; fruiting Nov.
|habitat=Chihuahuan desert scrub, edge of Tamaulipan thorn scrub, stony grasslands, usually on limestone
|elevation=[500-]800-1400[-2300] m
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Coahuila;Durango;Nuevo León;San Luis Potosí;Tamaulipas;Zacatecas).
|reference=None
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|subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae
|genus=Neolloydia
|species=Neolloydia conoidea
|variety=Neolloydia conoidea var. conoidea
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