Ortegocactus

Ortegocactus macdougallii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Cacteae
Genus: Ortegocactus
Alexander
Species: O. macdougallii
Binomial name
Ortegocactus macdougallii
Alexander
Synonyms

Neobesseya macdougallii (Alexander) Kladiwa

Ortegocactus macdougallii is a species of cactus and the sole species of the genus Ortegocactus. The plant has a greenish-gray epidermis and black spines. It is only known from Oaxaca, Mexico.

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