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Cristation
The term cristation (or fasciation) describe a plant in which the growing tip is malformed due to unusual development of the apical meristem.
A cactus becomes crested when its apex develops laterally from an elongate meristem rather than a single point. Fasciation is common among vascular plants, being found in over 100 plant families and in more than 50 genera of cacti and succulents.

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Aeonium cv. SUNBURST
forma cristata

Aeonium tabuleaeforme
forma cristata

Astrophytum asterias
cv. superkabuto
cristata

Astrophytum myriostigma
cv HAKUUN nudum cristata

Aastrophytum myriostigma
cv.
ONZUKA f. cristata (mostruosa)

A. myriostigma
maculatum cristata

Astrophytum ornatum
forma cristata

Austrocylindropuntia
pachypus
forma cristata

Austrocylindropuntia subulata
forma cristata
 

Aztechium ritteri cristata

Cactus sp. (chimaera?)
forma cristata

Carnegia gigantea
forma cristata

C. senilis
forma cristata

Cereus jamacaru
forma cristata

Cereus sp.
forma cristata


Cereus sp. forma
cristata
variegata


Cereus sp.
"WILD CREST"

Chamaecereus sylvestris
forma cristata

Cleistocactus jujuyensis
forma  mostruosa cristata

C. margaritianus
forma cristata

Cleistocactus  winteri
forma cristata

Copiapoa lauii
forma cristata

Copiapoa humilis cristata

Copiapoa hypogea
f. mostruosa crista

Copiapoa tenuissima cristata

Cylindropuntia fulgida
forma cristata

Echeveria coccinea 
forma cristata

Echinocactus grusonii cristata

Echinocactus grusonii
brevispinus cristata

Echinocactus grusonii
var. curvipinus
(cv. Krauskopf) cristata

Echinocactus grusonii "minor"
forma cristata

E
chinofossulocactus albatus

forma cristata

E
chinofossulocactus multicostatus forma cristata

E
chinofossulocactus vaupelianus forma cristata

E
chinofossulocactus arrigensis
forma cristata

Echinocereus
pectinatus
forma cristata

Echinopsis
cv. HAKU JO MARU
forma cristata

Echinopsis sp.
forma cristata

Echinopsis sp.
forma mostruosa cristata

Echinopsis subdenudata cristata

Epithelantha micromeris

cristata

Eulychia castanea
forma varispiralis "cristata"

Euphorbia echinus
forma cristata

Euphorbia lactea
forma cristata

Euphorbia lactea
forma cristata variegata

E. meloformis
forma crsitata

Euphorbia obesa cristata

Euphorbia piscidermis
forma cristata

Euphorbia pugniformis
forma cristata

Euphorbia susannae
f. variegata cristata

Euphorbia turbiniformis
forma cristata

Ferocactus  latispinus
v. flavispinus forma cristata

Geointonia mexicana forma  cristata
 
 
GYmnocalycium bruchii var. bruchii
forma cristata
     
Gymnocalycium ragonesii
f. cristata

Gymnocalycium mihanovichii
forma cristata

Gymnocalycium saglionis
forma cristata

Larryleachia cactiforme
cristata

Lobivia albolanata
forma cristata

Lobivia 
densispina
forma cristata

Lobivia pentlandii
forma cristata

Lobivia tiegeliana
forma cristata

Lophophora cristata

Machaerocereus eruca
f. cristata

Mammillaria  bocasana
forma cristata

Mammillaria
 bocasana
var. multilanata cristata

M. bocasana cv. FRED
forma cristata

Mammillaria  compressa
forma cristata
Mammillaria specie mostruosa & crestata
Mammillaria
 compressa
"yokan"

M. geminispina nobilis cristata

Mammillaria herrerae
forma cristata


M.
longimamma
 forma cristata

Mammillaria_luethyi_cristata
Mammillaria  luethyi
 forma cristata
Mammillaria pectinifera (Syn: Solisia pectinifera) forma mostruosa
Mammillaria  pectinifera forma mostruosa
Mammillaria pectinifera (Syn: Solisia pectinifera) forma cristata
Mammillaria  pectinifera forma cristata

Mammillaria  perez-de-la-rosae
forma cristata

M. pringlei
forma cristata
     

M. spinosissima
auricoma cristata

M. spinosissima
rubrispina cristata
Mammillaria theresae forma cristata
Mammillaria  theresae
forma cristata

M. wildii f. cristata
 

Monvillea spegazzinii
forma cristata
(Type A)

Monvillea spegazzinii
forma cristata
(Type B)

Myrtillocactus geometrizans
forma cristata

Notocactus leninghausii
forma cristata

Notocactus  scopa
 forma mostruosa
cristata


Notocactus  shlosseri  f. cristata


Oreocereus celsianus
f criastata

Oreocereus doelzianus
var. sericatus
f. cristata

Pachycereus pecten-aboriginum
forma cristata

Pachycereus pringlei
forma cristata

Pachypodium lamerei
forma cristata

Pachypodium rosulatum
forma cristata

Parodia maxima (commutans)
forma cristata

P. maassii
forma cristata
 

Pediocactus  peeblesianus
var. fickeisenii f. cristata

Pelecyphora aselliformis
f. cristata

Pelecyphora aselliformis
"mostruosa cristata"

Pelecyphora
strobiliformis
f. cristata

Polaskia chichipe
forma cristata

Rebutia eighlamii var. gonzalesii forma cristata

   Rebutia heliosa "cristata" Clone A
Rebutia heliosa cristata


Rebutia krainziana
nuda cristata

Sclerocactus glaucus
f.cristata

Sclerocactus  wetlandicus
forma cristata

Sclerocactus  whipplei
forma cristata

Sempervivum  arachnoideum
forma cristata

Sinocrassula yunnanensis
var. cristata

Stapelia leendertziae
forma cristata
 

Stenocereus marginatus

f. cristata


S. disciformis
cv. CACTUS ART

Strombocactus disciformis forma cristata
S. disciformis forma cristata

S
ulcorebutia rauschii
forma criastata

T.
pachanoi
forma cristata

T. candicans
forma cristata

Turbinicarpus alosoi
forma cristata

Turbinicarpus  lophophoroides
forma cristata

Turbinicarpus  pseudomacrochele ssp. krainzianus forma minima forma cristata

Turbinicarpus  pseudopectinatus
forma cristata

Turbinicarpus pseudopectinatus
INERMIS cristata

Turbinicarpus 
schmiedicheanus
ssp. gracilis f. cristata

Turbinicarpus valdezianus
forma cristata

Uebelmannia meninensis
forma rubra criastata

Yavia cryptocarpa
forma cristata
         
       

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