Geohintonia

Taxobox
name = "Geohintonia mexicana"

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regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Cactaceae
subfamilia = Cactoideae
tribus = Cacteae
genus = "Geohintonia"
genus_authority = Glass & Fitz Maurice
species = "G. mexicana"
binomial = "Geohintonia mexicana"
binomial_authority = Glass & W.A.Fitz Maur.

"Geohintonia mexicana" (discovered in 1992) is a species of cacti, of the genus "Geohintonia". This genus is named after its discoverer George S. Hinton.

As its specific name suggests, the plant is found in Mexico (Nuevo León), where it grows on gypsum hills near Galeana.

The species has one form: "Geohintonia mexicana" f. "cristata".