Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Name:
Sulcorebutia mentosa Ritter var. mentosa - Succulenta 43(7): 102. 1964
Alt. Name:
Basionym:
Synonyms:
Rebutia mentosa (Ritter) Donald - Bradleya 5: 93. 1987
Weingartia mentosa (Ritter) Brandt F.H. - Kakt.Orch.Rundsch. 4 (1): 6. 1979
Sulcorebutia flavissima Rausch – Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten 21 (6): 105. 1970
Weingartia flavissima (Rausch) Brandt F.H. - Kakt.Orch.Rundsch. 4 (5): 69. 1979
Type:
Friedrich Ritter (FR) 945 HT: Herbarium of the Netherlands (NHN) – [Herbarium Utrecht (U)]
Type Locality:
Bolivia, Dept. Cochabamba, Prov. Campero, Aiquile
Distribution:
Bolivia, Prov. Campero - Many locations in the direct vicinity of Aiquile
Altitude:
2300 m (G18) – (no height given in the first-description)
Collection No:
FR945, R276, R277, L981, G18, G18a, G171, G224, RMR0427, VZ16, VZ167, VZ802, KB322, KB561, RH397, VS364, LH717 and many more
Flowering:
Extra Info:
The yellow spined S. flavissima has been included here because at almost all the habitats dark and yellow spined plants grow together. There are at least three S. mentosa with white flowers in cultivation.
Gertel Willi & Vries Johan de (2008): Sulcorebutia [IV] - A revision of the species of the central distribution area - Cactus & Co 12 (4): 237-265
Gertel Willi & Vries Johan de (2009): Sulcorebutia [IV] - Eine Revision der Arten des zentralen Verbreitungsgebietes
Echinopseen, 6 (2): 47-62
Compiler:
Gertel, Willi / de / 2019.01.13.
