Name: Parodia leninghausii (K.Schum.) F.H.Brandt
Common names: Yellow Tower cactus, Golden Ball, Lemon Ball
Type: Phanerophyte
Family: Cactaceae
Native Range: endemic to Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Habitat: grows in hilly grassland and on walls between cracks in the rocks or in the shade of larger growing plants in pine forest
Height: to 100 cm
Spread: to 12 cm
Sun: Part shade
Water: low
Maintenance: Low
Leaf: Evergreen
Tolerate: Semi Shade
Taxon identifiers: Freebase ID : /m/04zx4ll NCBI taxonomy ID : 182822 EPPO Code : PDZLE Plants of the World online ID : urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77106741-1 IPNI plant ID : 77106741-1 Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID : plant/golden-ball-cactus iNaturalist taxon ID : 901906 IUCN taxon ID : 152437 PlantList-ID : tro-50180513 CITES Species+ ID : 27259 eBiodiversity ID : 582336 Observation.org ID : 425758 Queensland Biota ID : 39471 GBIF taxon ID : 10953066 ITIS TSN : 907980 World Flora Online ID : wfo-0001433465 Catalogue of Life ID : 4DQQJ
Synonyms: = Echinocactus leninghausii F.Haage ≡ Echinocactus leninghausii K.Schum. = Echinocactus lenninghausii var. cristatus Schelle ≡ Eriocactus leninghausii (K.Schum.) Backeb. ≡ Eriocactus leninghausii (K.Schum.) Backeb. ex W.Schaffn. = Eriocactus leninghausii f. apelii (Heinrich) Backeb. = Eriocactus leninghausii var. minor F.Ritter = Eriocactus lenninghausii f. apelii Heinrich = Eriocephala leninghausii subsp. minor (F.Ritter) Guiggi ≡ Eriocephala lenninghausii (F.Haage) Backeb. ex Heinrich = Eriocephala lenninghausii (K.Schum.) Backeb. = Eriocephala lenninghausii f. apelii Heinrich ≡ Malacocarpus leninghausii (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose ≡ Notocactus leninghausii (K.Schum.) A.Berger = Notocactus leninghausii (K.Schum.) Backeb. = Notocactus leninghausii f. cristatus P.V.Heath ≡ Notocactus leninghausii f. minor (Ritter) J.Theun. = Notocactus leninghausii f. minor (Ritter) J.Theun. ex Havlícek = Notocactus leninghausii var. minor (F.Ritter) S.Theun. = Notocactus lenninghausii f. apelii (Heinrich) Krainz = Notocactus lenninghausii var. minor (F.Ritter) J.Theun. = Parodia leninghausii var. albilanatus Y.Itô = Parodia leninghausii var. minor (Ritter) Brandt = Parodia lenninghausii (F.Haage) F.H.Brandt ex Eggli & Hofacker = Pilocereus leninghausii F.Haage ex K.Schum. ≡ Pilocereus lenninghausii F.Haage = Pilosocereus leninghausii Haage