Ribbed cactus ID

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MagiCarpus
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Ribbed cactus ID

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Hi folks,
Brought this home from a local market, and I’m having trouble honing in on even the genus. At first glance I thought it might be a ferocactus of some kind but most ferocactus aren’t this neatly ridged when small. Could someone point me in the right direction? Thanks!
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Salazar
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Re: Ribbed cactus ID

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Looks like a Parodia buiningii
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Re: Ribbed cactus ID

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looks like it indeed. I definitely did no expect this, as not once did Parodia gloss over my mind. Morphological wise it seems to stray far from that of typical Parodias. Thank you very much!
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Re: Ribbed cactus ID

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This is one of the notocactus species that has been lumped with parodias. More commonly seen under notocactus buiningii.
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Re: Ribbed cactus ID

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In fact it is a Notocactus that is closer to what used to be called Wigginsia or Malacocarpus with the sharply defined ribs.

http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACT ... _buiningii

A Malacocarpus for comparison. As Dan says Hunt lumped all these genera into Parodia:-

http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACT ... s_sellowii
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