Neowerdermannia
Sign in to saveNeowerdermannia is a genus of South American cacti. ==Description== The individual, low-growing species of the genus Neowerdermannia are spherical to pressed spherical and have a strong taproot. The approximately 16 usually spiral-shaped ribs are hardly distinguishable because they are broken up into warts. The areoles are often sunken and are located at the base of the top of the warts. Some of the thorns arising from it are curved or hooked.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Neowerdermannia is referenced by 8 other articles, and connects out to South America, plant and International Standard Book Number.
It sits within the topics Cactoideae genera and Notocacteae.
Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyCactaceae
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Notocacteae
- Image
- Neowerdermannia chilensis.jpg
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- Neowerdermannia
- taxon name
- Neowerdermannia
- taxonomic type
- Neowerdermannia vorwerkii
- topic's main category
- Category:Neowerdermannia
- taxon common name
- 群岭属
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Neowerdermannia is a genus of South American cacti. ==Description== The individual, low-growing species of the genus Neowerdermannia are spherical to pressed spherical and have a strong taproot. The approximately 16 usually spiral-shaped ribs are hardly distinguishable because they are broken up into warts. The areoles are often sunken and are located at the base of the top of the warts. Some of the thorns arising from it are curved or hooked.
The funnel-shaped flowers are white to purple-pink. They open during the day. Its flower cup and short flower tube are covered with fleshy scales and glabrous areoles.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Neowerdermannia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.