Aylostera pygmaea, synonyms including Rebutia pygmaea, is a species of cactus in the genus Aylostera, native to Bolivia and northwest Argentina.[1] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[2]

Aylostera pygmaea
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Cereeae
Subtribe: Rebutiinae
Genus: Aylostera
Species:
A. pygmaea
Binomial name
Aylostera pygmaea
(R.E.Fr.) Mosti & Papini[1]
Synonyms[1]
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    • Acantholobivia haagei (Frič & Schelle) Y.Itô
    • Aylostera amblypetala (F.Ritter) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera brunescens (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera canacruzensis (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera colorea (F.Ritter) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera crassa (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera diersiana subsp. atrovirens (Rausch) Mosti & Papini, not validly publ., without basionym date.
    • Aylostera diersiana (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera eos (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera friedrichiana (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera gavazzii (Mosti) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera haagei subsp. elegantula (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera haagei subsp. mudanensis (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera haagei (Frič & Schelle) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera iridescens (F.Ritter) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera iscayachensis (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera knizei (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera minor (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera mixticolor (F.Ritter) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera nazarenoensis (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera odehnalii (Halda, Šeda & Šorma) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera orurensis (Backeb.) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera pallida (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera pauciareolata (F.Ritter) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera pelzliana (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera polypetala (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera raffaellii (Mosti & Papini) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera raulii (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera rovidana (Mosti & Papini) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera tafnaensis (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera torquata (F.Ritter & Buining) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera tropaeolipicta (F.Ritter) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera violaceostaminata (Rausch) Mosti & Papini
    • Aylostera violascens (F.Ritter) Mosti & Papini
    • Digitorebutia digitiformis (Backeb.) Buining
    • Digitorebutia haagei (Frič & Schelle) Frič ex Buining
    • Digitorebutia nazarenoensis Rausch
    • Digitorebutia orurensis (Backeb.) Buining
    • Digitorebutia pectinata (Backeb.) Buining
    • Echinopsis pygmaea R.E.Fr.
    • Lobivia digitiformis Backeb.
    • Lobivia haagei (Frič & Schelle) Wessner
    • Lobivia neohaageana Backeb.
    • Lobivia nigrispina Backeb.
    • Lobivia orurensis Backeb.
    • Lobivia pectinata Backeb.
    • Lobivia pygmaea (R.E.Fr.) Backeb.
    • Mediolobivia digitiformis (Backeb.) Krainz
    • Mediolobivia fuauxiana Backeb.
    • Mediolobivia haagei (Frič & Schelle) Backeb. ex Krainz
    • Mediolobivia orurensis (Backeb.) Backeb.
    • Mediolobivia pectinata (Backeb.) Krainz
    • Mediolobivia pygmaea (R.E.Fr.) Krainz
    • Rebulobivia haagei Frič & Schelle ex Backeb. & F.M.Knuth, pro syn.
    • Rebutia albidula Slaba, Šorma & Lad.Fisch.
    • Rebutia amblypetala (F.Ritter) Mosti
    • Rebutia brunescens Rausch
    • Rebutia canacruzensis Rausch
    • Rebutia colorea F.Ritter
    • Rebutia crassa (Rausch) Šída
    • Rebutia diersiana subsp. atrovirens (Rausch) Mosti
    • Rebutia diersiana Rausch
    • Rebutia elegantula (Rausch) Šída
    • Rebutia eos Rausch
    • Rebutia friedrichiana Rausch
    • Rebutia fuauxiana (Backeb.) Šída
    • Rebutia gavazzii subsp. gertii V.Gapon
    • Rebutia gavazzii Mosti
    • Rebutia gracilispina F.Ritter
    • Rebutia haagei subsp. mudanensis (Rausch) Mosti
    • Rebutia haagei Frič & Schelle
    • Rebutia iridescens F.Ritter
    • Rebutia iscayachensis Rausch
    • Rebutia knizei (Rausch) Šída
    • Rebutia lanosiflora F.Ritter
    • Rebutia minor (Rausch) Mosti
    • Rebutia mixta F.Ritter
    • Rebutia mixticolor F.Ritter
    • Rebutia mudanensis Rausch
    • Rebutia nazarenoensis (Rausch) B.Fearn & Pearcy
    • Rebutia odehnalii Halda, Šeda & Šorma
    • Rebutia odontopetala F.Ritter
    • Rebutia orurensis (Backeb.) F.Ritter ex Šída
    • Rebutia pallida Rausch
    • Rebutia pauciareolata F.Ritter
    • Rebutia paucicostata F.Ritter
    • Rebutia pelzliana (Rausch) Šída
    • Rebutia poecilantha F.Ritter
    • Rebutia polypetala (Rausch) Šída
    • Rebutia pygmaea (R.E.Fr.) Britton & Rose
    • Rebutia raffaellii Mosti & Papini
    • Rebutia raulii Rausch
    • Rebutia rosalbiflora F.Ritter
    • Rebutia rovidana Mosti & Papini
    • Rebutia rutiliflora F.Ritter
    • Rebutia salpingantha F.Ritter
    • Rebutia tafnaensis (Rausch) Šída
    • Rebutia torquata F.Ritter & Buining
    • Rebutia tropaeolipicta F.Ritter
    • Rebutia villazonensis F.H.Brandt
    • Rebutia violaceostaminata (Rausch) Šída
    • Rebutia violascens F.Ritter

Description

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Aylostera pygmaea rarely grows alone, but most often produces abundant shoots with spherical, depressed spherical or cylindrically elongated bodies. The bodies reach heights of up to 6 centimeters with diameters of 0.5 to 4 centimeters and have a strong beet root. The 9 to 15 ribs are hardly divided into cusps. The areoles are circular. The central spine, which can also be missing, is protruding and short. The 2 to 11 marginal spines are white to brownish. They radiate laterally, rest against the surface of the body or slightly protrude and are 2 to 6 millimeters long.

The yellow to golden yellow, orange, orange-red, pink or violet, rarely flamed flowers are 1.6 to 2.7 centimeters long. The spherical fruits are greenish and have a diameter of up to 6 millimeters.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Aylostera pygmaea (R.E.Fr.) Mosti & Papini". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Rebutia pygmaea". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 15 November 2020.