'' Eriosyce laui'' is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...
of
cactus
A cactus (, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae, a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1750 known species of the order Caryophyllales. The word ''cactus'' derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Gre ...
. It has been treated as a synonym of ''Islaya laui'',
[ and the species has also been placed in a separate genus, ''Rimacactus'', as its sole species ''Rimacactus laui''.][ The genus is recognized by other sources.][
]
References
Cactoideae
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