Astrophytum capricorne aureum

Description and meaning of the name

An older name associated with long, curved, yellow or golden spines. In the archived comparison, plants had few body hairs and flowers with orange or red centres. POWO treats the corresponding botanical names with aureum as synonyms of A. capricorne. Keep the label together with seed provenance. Spine colour changes with age and alone does not define a separate species. [2-WWW] [Szychowski b.d.b]

Cultivation and documentation

Follow the A. capricorne profile. Golden spines do not justify a separate overwintering minimum. [2-WWW] [Szychowski b.d.b]

Sources for this account

[2-WWW]Source website

Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

https://powo.science.kew.org/

Accepted names, synonyms and distribution. A citation beside a taxon leads to its record.

Accessed 2026-10-08.

Unpublished materialb.d.b

Systematyka rodzaju Astrophytum

[Szychowski K., Systematyka rodzaju Astrophytum, b.d.b]

An account of Astrophytum systematics from Konrad Szychowski's private materials archive, preserved in two versions. It presents historical genus treatments, comparisons of species, varieties, names and features, and discussion of crossing plants in collections. The version labelled “mod” corrects name spellings and supplements the subgenera section.

GenusAstrophytum

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