Escobaria hesteri
Escobaria hesteri

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
Sectio: E. sect. Escobaria
Species: Escobaria hesteri
Subspecies: E. h. subsp. grata E. h. subsp. hesteri

Name

Escobaria hesteri (Y.Wright) Buxb., 1951

Note

The specific epithet hesteri honors the American cactus lover John Pinckney Hester from Fredonia, one of the leading explorers of the Big Bend area.

Synonyms

  • Coryphantha hesteri Y.Wright

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Texas

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

References

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Additional references

Vernacular names

English: Hester's foxtail cactus, Hester's Cory Cactus
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