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Parodia faustiana Backeb.
Kaktus-ABC [Backeb. & Knuth] 266, 415. 1936 [12 Feb 1936]
Family: CACTACEAE

= Parodia nivosa var. faustiana (Backeb.) Käsinger
Mitteilungsbl. Inter-Parodia-Kette 21: Suppl., 3. 2004

Accepted Scientific Name: Parodia nivosa (Frič) Backeb.
Blätt. Kakteenf. 1934(12): [4] genus 68, sp. 5.

Parodia faustiana (Parodia nivosa var. faustiana) Photo by: Julio C. García

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Parodia nivosa (Frič) Backeb.
Blätt. Kakteenf. 1934(12): [4] genus 68, sp. 5.
Synonymy: 7
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Common Names include:
RUSSIAN (Русский): Пародия Фаустина

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the parodia nivosa group

  • Parodia nivosa (Frič) Backeb.: has a solitary stem with fine, white spines, each 1-2 cm long. It has a white, woolly crown and bright red flowers. Distribution: Quebrada del Toro and Santa Rosa de Tastil, Salta, Argentina.
  • Parodia nivosa var. faustiana (Backeb.) Käsinger: has four longer brown-black central spines up to 2.5 cm long, and flower orange with yellow throat (never red). Distribution: Quebrada del Toro and Santa Rosa de Tastil, Salta, Argentina.

26511 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Parodia faustiana (Parodia nivosa var. faustiana) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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