Parodia herteri

Parodia herteri is a species of cactus in the subfamily Cactoideae.[2] It is endemic to Brazil. It was named for botanist Wilhelm Herter. The first description was in 1936 as Echinocactus herteri by Erich Werdermann. It was described as Parodia herteri in 1987 by Nigel Paul Taylor.

Parodia herteri
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Conservation status

Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Core eudicots
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Tribe:
Notocacteae
Genus:
Parodia
Species:
P. herteri
Binomial name
Parodia herteri
(Werderm.) N.P.Taylor
Synonyms
Notocactus herteri (Werderm.) Buining & Kreuz.
Notocactus pseudoherteri Buining


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 Metasyntactic variable, which is released under the 
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