DISCOCACTUS

Autor: Pfeiffer • ETYMOLOGY “Cactus-disc”, referring to the flat-round disc-shape of some species in the genus, when they were first described. • DESCRIPTION A genus of low-growing plants generally solitary, globose, more or less flattened, with numerous tuberculate ribs, with areoles covered by spines. Usually, spines are robust, often flattened at the base and curved. Apical…