Pelecyphora emskoetteriana

Pelecyphora emskoetteriana

Pelecyphora emskoetteriana

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: Pelecyphora
Species: Pelecyphora emskoetteriana

Name

Pelecyphora emskoetteriana (Quehl) D.Aquino & Dan.Sánchez, PhytoKeys 188: 134 (2022)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Mammillaria emskoetteriana Quehl, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 18: 139 (1910)
• Homotypic
  • Coryphantha emskoetteriana (Quehl) A.Berger, Kakteen: 339 (1929)
  • Escobaria emskoetteriana (Quehl) Borg, Cacti: 304 (1937)
  • Neobesseya emskoetteriana (Quehl) Lodé, Cact.-Avent. Int. 98(Suppl.): 6 (2013)
• Heterotypic
  • Coryphantha bella (Britton & Rose) Fosberg, Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 30: 58 (1931)
  • Coryphantha muehlbaueriana Boed., Monatsschr. Deutsch. Kakteen-Ges. 1: 241 (1929)
  • Coryphantha piercei Fosberg, Bull. S. Calif. Acad. Sci. 30: 58 (1931), nom. illeg.
  • Coryphantha roberti A.Berger, Kakteen: 280 (1929)
  • Escobaria bella Britton & Rose, Cact. 4: 56 (1923)
  • Escobaria muehlbaueriana (Boed.) F.M.Knuth in C.Backeberg & F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 380 (1936)
  • Escobaria runyonii Britton & Rose, Cact. 4: 55 (1923)
  • Mammillaria escobaria Cory, Rhodora 38: 405 (1936)
  • Neobesseya muehlbaueriana (Boed.) Boed., Mammillarien-Vergleichs-Schluessel: 15 (1933)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southern Central USA Texas Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Sánchez, D., Vázquez-Benítez, B., Vázquez-Sánchez, M., Aquino, D. & Arias, S. 2022.  Phylogenetic relationships in Coryphantha and implications on Pelecyphora and Escobaria (Cacteae, Cactoideae, Cactaceae). PhytoKeys 188:115–165. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.188.75739 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 
• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page. 

Links

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Pelecyphora emskoetteriana in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 14. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Pelecyphora emskoetteriana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan. 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 202%. Pelecyphora emskoetteriana. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 13 202%.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Pelecyphora emskoetteriana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Mar 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Pelecyphora emskoetteriana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 13. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Junior Tom Thumb Cactus
español: Biznaga-Escobar de Emskoetter

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