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Discocactus
Discocactus is a genus of tropical cacti. The name comes from the ancient Greek diskos (=disc) because of its shape. Discocactus plants are endemic to southern Brazil, eastern Bolivia, and northern Paraguay. These species are in the risk of extinction in the wild.
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Discocactus catingicola
speciesDiscocactus catingicola
Discocactus pseudoinsignis
speciesDiscocactus pseudoinsignis
Discocactus placentiformis
speciesDiscocactus placentiformis
Discocactus heptacanthus
speciesDiscocactus heptacanthus
Discocactus zehntneri
speciesDiscocactus zehntneri
Discocactus fariae-peresii
speciesDiscocactus fariae-peresii
Discocactus diersianus
speciesDiscocactus diersianus
Discocactus ferricola
speciesDiscocactus ferricola
Discocactus horstii
speciesDiscocactus horstii
Discocactus bahiensis
speciesDiscocactus bahiensis
Discocactus hartmannii
speciesDiscocactus hartmannii
Discocactus piscibarbarus
speciesDiscocactus piscibarbarus
Discocactus boliviensis
speciesDiscocactus boliviensis
Discocactus buenekeri
speciesDiscocactus buenekeri
Discocactus petr-halfarii
speciesDiscocactus petr-halfarii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 183675.