Aylostera rutiliflora description


The original description of Rebutia (Aylostera) rutiliflora was published in Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten 28(4): 76, 1977, the journal of the Deutsche Kakteen-Gesellschaft, by Friedrich Ritter.

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Rebutia rutiliflora Ritter spec. nov.
Ab Rebutia orurensis recedit corpore in sole non rubrescente; costis 8-10, 2 mm altis, tuberculis 3 mm diam., areolis
1 mm longis, lana alba copiosa instructis, 1-2 mm inter se remotis; spinis basi obscure brunneis; tubo florali inferne
viridi ; filamentis inferne viridibus, superne flaveolis; insertionibus solum in parte inferiore et in ora tubi ; petalis rutilis (colore 4 ad 5), petalis mediis obscure purpureis in apice; habitat Mal Paso, Prov. Sud-Chichas, Bolivia.
Collected as FR 1113.