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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Coryphantha recurvata
|accepted_authority=(Engelmann) Britton & Rose
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Cact.
|place=4: 27. 1923
|year=1923
}}
|common_names=Santa Cruz beehive cactus
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Mammillaria recurvata
|authority=Engelmann
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Cactaceae;Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae;Coryphantha;Coryphantha recurvata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cactaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Coryphantha]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Coryphantha recurvata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 98, 219, 220, 221, 2
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="plant architecture;plant architecture;plant architecture;plant diameter;age life cycle;stem count;spine fixation"><b>Plants </b>unbranched or few branched, except in old age, ultimately forming mounds, rarely to 1 m diam., stems to 50, with most spines pressed against stem outline.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root density"><b>Roots </b>± diffuse.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem shape;stem shape;stem shape;stem shape;stem atypical length;stem length;stem atypical width;stem width"><b>Stems </b>spheric to broadly short cylindric, 10–25 (–30) × (7.5–) 10–15 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="tubercle length;tubercle width;tubercle texture">tubercles 6–10 × 6 mm, firm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="areolar gland prominence">areolar glands seasonally conspicuous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="pith count">pith 1/5 of lesser stem diam.;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="medullary system architecture;medullary system prominence">medullary vascular system conspicuous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="spine count;spine coloration;spine coloration;largest spine coloration;largest spine shape;tip coloration"><b>Spines </b>12–20 per areole, tan or yellow, largest spines turning gray with red tips, all nearly terete;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="spine arrangement;spine atypical count;spine count;spine some measurement;spine diameter">radial spines (12–) 15–20 per areole, 12–15 mm, basally 0.5 mm diam.;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="central spine atypical count;central spine count;central spine orientation;central spine atypical some measurement;central spine some measurement;central spine diameter">central spines 1 (–2) per areole, decurved, (15–) 20 mm, usually less than 1 mm diam.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="flower arrangement;flower length;flower width;portion position or shape"><b>Flowers </b>distant from stem apex, forming ring around distal portion of stem, 25–40 × 25–40 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="outer tepal shape">outer tepals denticulate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="inner tepal count;inner tepal coloration;inner tepal coloration;inner tepal length;inner tepal width">inner tepals 20–30 per flower, greenish yellow or lemon yellow, 18 × 3–4.5 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="anther coloration">anthers pale-yellow;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="stigma lobe count;stigma lobe coloration;stigma lobe some measurement">stigma lobes ca. 5, pale green (requiring verification), ca. 2.5–2.8 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="fruit coloration;fruit coloration;fruit coloration;fruit coloration;fruit condition;pulp reflectance;pulp coloration;pulp length or size;pulp shape;pulp shape;pulp atypical length;pulp length;pulp atypical width;pulp width;pulp count or density"><b>Fruits </b>greenish white (drying yellow-green) to partly or wholly tinted with dull reddish-brown, usually 1.5–2 times longer than thick, spheric or elongate, 9–12 (–13) × (4–) 5–7 mm, pulp sparse and soon drying;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="floral remnant duration">floral remnant strongly persistent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="seed coloration;seed shape;seed architecture or coloration or relief"><b>Seeds </b>bright brown, spheric, finely and weakly raised-reticulate.</span><!--

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|habitat=Valleys, mesas, foothills, grasslands, oak belts, grassy or rocky areas
|elevation=1200-1800 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Mexico (Sonora).
|tables=
|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Coryphantha recurvata
|author=
|authority=(Engelmann) Britton & Rose
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Mammillaria recurvata
|family=Cactaceae
|habitat=Valleys, mesas, foothills, grasslands, oak belts, grassy or rocky areas
|elevation=1200-1800 m
|distribution=Ariz.;Mexico (Sonora).
|reference=None
|publication title=Cact.
|publication year=1923
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/287ef3db526bd807d435a3c7423ef2df1e951227/V4/V4_415.xml
|subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae
|genus=Coryphantha
|species=Coryphantha recurvata
|age life cycle=old
|anther coloration=pale-yellow
|areolar gland prominence=conspicuous
|central spine atypical count=1;2
|central spine atypical some measurement=15mm;20mm
|central spine count=1
|central spine diameter=0mm;1mm
|central spine orientation=decurved
|central spine some measurement=20
|floral remnant duration=persistent
|flower arrangement=distant
|flower length=25mm;40mm
|flower width=25mm;40mm
|fruit coloration=greenish white;partly or wholly tinted
|fruit condition=drying
|inner tepal coloration=lemon yellow;greenish yellow
|inner tepal count=20;30
|inner tepal length=18
|inner tepal width=3mm;4.5mm
|largest spine coloration=gray
|largest spine shape=terete
|medullary system architecture=vascular
|medullary system prominence=conspicuous
|outer tepal shape=denticulate
|pith count=1/5
|plant architecture=branched;few;unbranched
|plant diameter=0m;1m
|portion position or shape=distal
|pulp atypical length=12mm;13mm
|pulp atypical width=4mm;5mm
|pulp coloration=reddish-brown
|pulp count or density=sparse
|pulp length=9mm;12mm
|pulp length or size=longer
|pulp reflectance=dull
|pulp shape=elongate;spheric
|pulp width=5mm;7mm
|root density=diffuse
|seed architecture or coloration or relief=raised-reticulate
|seed coloration=bright brown
|seed shape=spheric
|spine arrangement=radial
|spine atypical count=12;15
|spine coloration=yellow;tan
|spine count=15;20
|spine diameter=0.5
|spine fixation=pressed
|spine some measurement=12mm;15mm
|stem atypical length=25cm;30cm
|stem atypical width=7.5cm;10cm
|stem count=0;50
|stem length=10cm;25cm
|stem shape=spheric;broadly short cylindric
|stem width=10cm;15cm
|stigma lobe coloration=pale green
|stigma lobe count=5
|stigma lobe some measurement=2.5mm;2.8mm
|tip coloration=red
|tubercle length=6mm;10mm
|tubercle texture=firm
|tubercle width=6
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