Eschauzier's Pincushion
Scientific Name: Mammillaria bocasana ssp. eschauzieri (J.M.Coult.) W.A.Fitz Maurice & B.Fitz Maurice
Synonym: Cactus eschanzieri, Cactus eschauzieri, Chilita eschauzieri, Mammillaria eschanzieri, Mammillaria eschauzieri, Neomammillaria eschausieri
Family: Cactaceae
Origin: Mexico (San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas)
Growth Habits: Clumping, globose cactus
Named after the Eschauzier brothers who collected it and gave the specimens to Orcutt, who proceeded in mispelling their name in the species epithet. Since then it was described with a variety of spellings, as shown in the list of synonyms.
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