Astrophyton

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Noun1.Astrophyton - includes many of the basket starsAstrophyton - includes many of the basket stars  
echinoderm genus - a genus of echinoderms
Astrophyton muricatum - a variety of basket star
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(Plant it in well-draining soil where it will get lots of sun.) If that's too big, look for Opuntia subulata cristata or Astrophytum myriostigma, which do well indoors in cactus mix with lots of direct sunlight.
However, as the sector thrives, there is minimal support from the government as it prioritizes initiatives in food production," Saclangan, who specializes in breeding Astrophytum and Gymnocalycium, said.
Tambien, Romero-Mendez, Lopez-Corrujedo, Garcia-de la Pena y Estrada-Rodriguez (2013) han indicado que los morfotipos de Astrophytum myriostigma Lem.
La presencia de fitoquimicos, como esteroles, alcaloides y compuestos fenolicos (Garza-Padron et al., 2010) que muestran actividad biologica de tipo antioxidante benefica para el ser humano, ha sido demostrada en diversas especies, tal es el caso de Astrophytum myriostigma Lem.
However, a number of studies have shown that for cacti with a floral structure similar to that found in Astrophytum myriostigma (e.g.
65-85 Bishop's cap cactus Astrophytum ornatum 40-70 Christmas cactus Schlumbergera 55-65 bridgessii Easter cactus Rhipsalidopsis 54-80 Euphorbia Euphorbia 65-85 pseudocactus Gasteria Gasteria liliputana 50-54 Gymnocalycium Gymnocalycium spp.
Instead, its members are looking for the star cactus (Astrophytum asterias), an endangered plant found in the low elevation semi-arid thorn shrub of the lower Rio Grande valley in the United States and Mexico.
Astrophytum was transferred to Cacteae (Barthlott & Hunt, 1993).
El estatus de Astrophytum ornatum es vulnerable, pero su situacion ecologica no ha sido evaluada, por lo que no se conoce exactamente cual es su condicion local y regional.
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