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Internal ID UUID643ff848a3037103195298
Scientific name Rapicactus mandragora
Authority (Frič ex A.Berger) Buxb. & Oehme
First published in in Cactaceae (Berlin) 1942(1): 24. 1942.

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Rapicactus mandragora, also known as Turbinicarpus mandragora, is a type of plant belonging to the Cactaceae family. It is found only in the Coahuila state of Mexico and thrives in hot desert environments. However, this species is in danger of extinction due to habitat destruction, and is classified as Critically Endangered.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Lodia mandragora (Frič ex A.Berger) Mosco & Zanov. in Bradleya 18: 44. 2000.
Neolloydia mandragora (Frič ex A.Berger) E.F.Anderson in Bradleya 4: 14. 1986.
Pediocactus mandragora (Frič ex A.Berger) Halda in Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 5: 18. 1998.
Thelocactus mandragora A.Berger Kakteen: 255. 1929.
Echinocactus mandragora Frič ex A.Berger Kakteen: 255. 1929.
Gymnocactus mandragora (Frič ex A.Berger) Backeb. Cactaceae 5: 2862. 1961.
Turbinicarpus mandragora (Frič ex A.Berger) A.D.Zimmerman in Bradleya 9: 92. 1991.

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Chinese 美针玉

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Rapicactus mandragora subsp. mandragora
Rapicactus mandragora subsp. pailanus (Halda & Panar.) Lüthy in Cactus & Co. 7(1): 38. 2003.

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World Flora Online wfo-0000398898
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:217831-2
NCBI Taxonomy 2713998
IPNI 217831-2
iNaturalist 537674
GBIF 3956350
USDA GRIN 410753
Wikipedia Rapicactus_mandragora

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