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Rebutia fabrisii Rausch

A distinctive plant quite different to other Rebutia, with small, soft bodies, freely offsetting and branching, and tending to spread

Rebutia calliantha Bewerunge

A large-bodied, relatively long- and fine-spined, red-flowered plant. Regarded by some as a form of Rebutia marsoneri, or Rebutia minuscula

Aylostera zecheri description

Rebutia (Aylostera) zecheri was first described by Walter Rausch in Succulenta 56(2), pp. 29 & 30, 1977. Here is the

Aylostera yuquinensis description

Rebutia (Aylostera) yuquinensis was first described by Walter Rausch in Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten 31(10): p. 307, 1980, the journal

Aylostera zecheri (Rausch) Mosti & Papini

Regarded by some as a form of Aylostera atrovirens. A beautiful plant with velvety dark red flowers. The description is

Aylostera yuquinensis (Rausch) Mosti & Papini

Regarded by some as a form of Aylostera atrovirens. Dusky red flowers. Found to be distinctive enough to retain specific

Aylostera violascens (F. Ritter) Mosti & Papini

Regarded by some as a form of Aylostera pygmaea, A. haagei or A. eos. There are plants in nurseries labelled

Aylostera violaceostaminata (Rausch) Mosti & Papini

Regarded by some as a form of Aylostera supthutiana, A. schatzliana or of A. pygmaea. Originally described by Rausch as

Aylostera tuberculata description

Lobivia (Aylostera) steinmannii var. tuberculata (tuberculata) was first described by Walter Rausch in Lobivia 85, pp. 129 and 145, in

Aylostera tuberculata (Rausch) Mosti & Papini

Regarded by some as a form of Aylostera steinmannii, indeed, first described as such by Rausch. The difference from the

Aylostera torquata description

Rebutia (Aylostera) torquata was first described by Friedrich Ritter and Albert Frederik Hendrik Buining in Succulenta 56 (3), p. 63,

Aylostera torquata (F. Ritter & Buining) Mosti & Papini

A very attractively-stemmed plant, the short spines along very well defined ribs, often spiralling around, with clear space between each

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