Escobaria tuberculosa, type species

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cacteae
Genus: Escobaria
Sectiones: E. sect. Escobaria E. sect. Neobesseya E. sect. Pleurantha
Species: E. abdita E. alversonii E. chihuahuensis E. cubensis E. dasyacantha E. duncanii E. emskoetteriana E. hesteri E. laredoi E. lloydii E. minima E. missouriensis E. robbinsiorum E. sneedii E. tuberculosa E. vivipara E. zilziana

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Name

Note

The botanical name honors the Mexican brothers Rómulo Escobar Zerman (1882-1946) and Numa Pompilio Escobar Zerman (1874-1949), who founded an agricultural school.

Synonyms

  • Cochiseia W.H.Earle
  • Escobesseya Hester
  • Escocoryphantha Doweld
  • Fobea Fric ex Boed.
  • Neobesseya Britton & Rose

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
      • Alberta, Arizona, California, Colorado, Cuba, Illinois, Kansas, Manitoba, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

Vernacular names

English: Foxtail Cacti
suomi: Keräkaktukset
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