Aztekium hintonii

Aztekium hintonii
Flowering specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Aztekium
Species:	A. hintonii
Binomial name
Aztekium hintonii Aztekium hintonii Glass & W.A.Fitz Maur.(1992)

Aztekium hintonii, is a species of cactus in the genus Aztekium.^[1] It is the second species of Aztekium discovered by George Sebastián Hinton in 1991.

Distribution[]

Aztekium hintonii is endemic to Nuevo León.

Description[]

The specimens are small solitary plants with green to greyish-green stem, up to 10 cm in diameter. The ribs are well defined, traversed by tiny wrinkles.

Cultivation[]

Aztekium hintonii is easier to grow than Aztekium ritteri, but it is easy to lose during first years due to mistakes in cultivation.

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