Introduction to Astrophytum ornatum (DC.) F.A.C. Web. ex B&R
When Ch. Lemaire, 1839, declared the genus Astrophytum with the type species Astrophytum myriostigma, the characteristic star-shaped body was decisive for the naming. After the other species were discovered in the middle of this century it became clear that actually the flakes characterized all the plants together. So it is understandable that it lasted until the year 1896 when Weber, A. described the old Echinocactus ornatus as Astrophytum ornatum.
Astrophytum ornatum (DE CANDOLLE) WEBER ex BRITTON&ROSE
[„ornatus“ lat. = decorated, because of the wool-flakes on the epidermis]
First description as Echinocactus:
Echinocactus ornatus DE CANDOLLE, A. P.in: Memoires du Museum d'Hist. Naturelle (Revue de la Famille des Cactees) 17: 114. 1828
Transformation to Astrophytum:
Astrophytum ornatum WEBER A.: Cactées, D. Bois, Dictionnaire d'Horticulture Paris: 467. 1896 (ungültig veröffentlicht und durch BRITTON, N. L.; ROSE, J. N.; 1937 validiert)
Synonyms:
Echinocactus tortus SCHEIDWEILER, M. J.: Bulletins de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et belles-lettres de Brux. 5: 493. 1838
Echinocactus holopterus MIQUEL, F. W. A. in SCHLECHTENDAL, D. F. L.: MQ. Linnaea 12: 2-3. 1838
Echinocactus mirbelii LEMAIRE, CH.: Cactearum aliquot novarum ac insuetarum in Horto Monvillano cultarum, accurata descriptio F.G. Levrault, Paris: 22-23. 1838
Echinocactus Ghisbrechtii SALM-DYCK, J.: Beitrag zur Cacteen-Kunde Allgemeine Gartenzeitung 18 (50): 394-395. 1850
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Astrophytum ornatum
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