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Astrophytum
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Astrophytum

Astrophytum is a genus of six species of cacti, native to North America.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Bishop's-cap

speciesAstrophytum myriostigma

star cactus

speciesAstrophytum ornatum

Goat's-horn Cactus

speciesAstrophytum capricorne

Sand-dollar Cactus

speciesAstrophytum asterias

Astrophytum coahuilense

speciesAstrophytum coahuilense

Astrophytum caput-medusae

speciesAstrophytum caput-medusae

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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 135453.