Thelocactus
Sign in to savethumb|Thelocactus leucacanthus thumb|Thelocactus hexaedrophorus, by Charles Antoine Lemaire, circa 1845. thumb|Time-lapse photography|Time-lapse video of Thelocactus bicolor blooming in response to sunlight.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyCactaceae
Native toMexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Texas
Observations recorded5,351
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 18
- With media
- 14
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Collections
- CIIDIR-IPN, DES, RSA, SD, GH, BRIT
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
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- taxon name
- Thelocactus
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- Thelocactus
- topic's main category
- Category:Thelocactus
- taxon common name
- knobbelcactus
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thumb|Thelocactus leucacanthus thumb|Thelocactus hexaedrophorus, by Charles Antoine Lemaire, circa 1845. thumb|Time-lapse photography|Time-lapse video of Thelocactus bicolor blooming in response to sunlight.
Thelocactus is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae. Members of the genus are native to the arid lands of Central and Northern Mexico.
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