Coryphantha Cacti of Mexico and Southern USA /

• Main Authors: Dicht, Reto F. (Author), Lüthy, Adrian D. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant anatomy.; Plant development.; Life Sciences.; Plant Sciences.; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Plant Anatomy/Development.

This unique reference work presents the first comprehensive taxonomy of Coryphantha, with a complete key to the genus. It contains a new taxonomic classification of all 43 species and 11 subspecies, with morphological and ecological descriptions. These cacti, which grow in Mexico and southern USA, a...

Table of Contents:

• to the Genus Coryphantha
• Ecology of Coryphantha spp.
• Morphology of Coryphantha
• History of the Genus Coryphantha
• Position and Delimitation of the Genus Coryphantha
• Key to the Genus Coryphantha
• The Genus Coryphantha (Engelmann) Lemaire — Descriptions of the Species
• Coryphantha sp. in Cultivation.