Pelecyphora lloydii

Pelecyphora lloydii is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to Mexico.

Pelecyphora lloydii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Pelecyphora
Species:	P. lloydii
Binomial name
Pelecyphora lloydii (Britton & Rose) D.Aquino & Dan.Sánchez
Synonyms
Coryphantha lloydii (Britton & Rose) Fosberg 1931 Escobaria lloydii Britton & Rose 1923 Neobesseya lloydii (Britton & Rose) Lodé 2013

Description

Pelecyphora lloydii grows with several shoots and often forms cushions. There are corked bald warts on the shoots. The several strong central spines are up to 2 centimeters long. Its approximately 20 slender and radiating marginal spines are white.

The greenish flowers are up to 2.5 centimeters long. The red, spherical fruits are 6 to 12 millimeters long.^[1]

Distribution

Pelecyphora lloydii is widespread in the Mexican state of Zacatecas.

Taxonomy

The first description by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose was published in 1923.^[2] The specific epithet lloydii honors the British cytologist Francis Ernest Lloyd (1868–1947). David Aquino & Daniel Sánchez moved the species to Pelecyphora based on phylogenetic studies in 2022.^[3] Nomenclature synonyms are Coryphantha lloydii (Britton & Rose) Fosberg (1931), Neobesseya lloydii (Britton & Rose) Lodé (2013) and Escobaria lloydii Britton & Rose (1923).^[4]