Rapicactus mandragora

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cacteae
Genus: Rapicactus
Subgenus: R. subg. Lodia
Species: Rapicactus mandragora
Subspecies: R. m. subsp. mandragora – R. m. subsp. pailanus
Name

Rapicactus mandragora (Frič ex A.Berger) Buxb. & Oehme, Cactaceae (Berlin) 1942(1): 24 (1942).
Synonyms

Echinocactus mandragora Fric ex A.Berger
Gymnocactus mandragora (Fric ex A.Berger) Backeb.
Lodia mandragora (Fric ex A.Berger) Mosco & Zanov.
Neolloydia mandragora (Fric ex A.Berger) E.F.Anderson
Pediocactus mandragora (Fric ex A.Berger) Halda
Thelocactus mandragora A.Berger
Turbinicarpus mandragora (Fric ex A.Berger) A.D.Zimmerman

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Regional: Mexico
Mexico Northeast

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Buxbaum, F. & Oehme, H. (1942) Cactaceae (Berlin) 1942(1): 24.

Additional references

Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Rapicactus mandragora in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Rapicactus mandragora. Published online. Accessed: Mar 29 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Rapicactus mandragora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 29.
Hassler, M. 2021. Rapicactus mandragora. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 29. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Rapicactus mandragora in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.
IUCN: Turbinicarpus mandragora (Frič ex A.Berger) A.D.Zimmerman (Critically Endangered)

Vernacular names
español: Biznaguita