Escobaria alversonii

Escobaria alversonii

Escobaria alversonii

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 alversonii

Name

• Escobaria alversonii (J.M.Coult.) N.P.Taylor, 1997

Note

The specific epithet alversonii honors the British mineral explorer Andrew H. Alverson (1845–1916).

Synonyms

• Coryphantha alversonii (J.M. Coult.) Orcutt
• Coryphantha vivipara var. alversonii (J.M. Coult.) L.D. Benson
• Escobaria vivipara var. alversonii (J.M. Coult.) D.R. Hunt
• Mammillaria alversonii (J.M. Coult.) J.M. Coult. ex Zeiss.
• Mammillaria arizonica var. alversonii (J.M.Coult.) Davidson & Moxley
• Mammillaria radiosa var. alversonii (J.M.Coult.) K.Schum.
• Mammillaria vivipara var. alversonii (J.M.Coult.) L.D.Benson

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern USA Arizona, California References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• (J.M.Coult.) N.P.Taylor, Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 10. 1997

Additional references

• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2001. World Checklist of Seed Plants. Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919 [unavailable to the public]. 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. Escobaria alversonii 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. 2021. Escobaria alversonii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Escobaria alversonii. Published online. Accessed: Mar 13 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Escobaria alversonii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Mar 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Escobaria alversonii. 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: cushion foxtail cactus

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