Pediocactus knowltonii

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Pediocactus knowltonii L.D.Benson (1960)

The specific epithet knowltonii honors Fred Gastman Knowlton, who discovered the species.

Homotypic
- Pediocactus bradyi var. knowltonii (L.D.Benson) Backeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 3: 12. 1963.
- Pediocactus simpsonii var. knowltonii (L.D.Benson) Halda, Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 5(1): 13. 1998.

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico New Mexico Doubtfully present in: Colorado References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Ackerfield, J. (2015). Flora of Colorado: 1-818. BRIT Press.
Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
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.

Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Pediocactus knowltonii in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 23. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pediocactus knowltonii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pediocactus knowltonii. Published online. Accessed: Mar 26 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Pediocactus knowltonii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Mar 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Pediocactus knowltonii. 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 26. Reference page.
eFloras 2008. Pediocactus knowltonii in Flora of North America . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pediocactus knowltonii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

English: Knowlton's miniature cactus, Knowlton's pincushion cactus, and Knowlton's minute cactus

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