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Escobaria  Britton & Rose
Taxonomic Serial No.: 202465

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Neobesseya Britton & Rose
  
    Cochiseia W.H. Earle
  
  Common Name(s): foxtail cactus [English]
  
    pincushion cactus [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2013   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderCaryophyllanae   
                         OrderCaryophyllales   
                            FamilyCactaceae Juss. – cactus, cacti  
                               GenusEscobaria Britton & Rose – foxtail cactus, pincushion cactus  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Escobaria alversonii (J.M. Coult.) N.P. Taylor – cushion foxtail cactus 
                                  Species Escobaria chihuahuensis Britton & Rose  
                                  Species Escobaria chlorantha (Engelm.) Buxb.  
                                  Species Escobaria cubensis (Britton & Rose) D.R. Hunt  
                                  Species Escobaria dasyacantha (Engelm.) Britton & Rose – Biznaga-Escobar de espinas gruesas, Big Bend foxtail cactus 
                                  Species Escobaria duncanii (Hester) Backeb.  
                                  Species Escobaria emskoetteriana (Quehl) Borg – Biznaga-Escobar de Emskoetter, junior Tom Thumb cactus 
                                  Species Escobaria hesteri (Y. Wright) Buxb. – Hester's foxtail cactus 
                                  Species Escobaria laredoi (Glass & R.A. Foster) N.P. Taylor  
                                  Species Escobaria lloydii Britton & Rose  
                                  Species Escobaria minima (Baird) D.R. Hunt – birdfoot cactus, small coryphantha 
                                  Species Escobaria missouriensis (Sweet) D.R. Hunt – Missouri foxtail cactus 
                                  Species Escobaria robbinsorum (W.H. Earle) D.R. Hunt – Cochise foxtail cactus, Cochise pincushion cactus 
                                  Species Escobaria sneedii Britton & Rose – carpet foxtail cactus 
                                  Species Escobaria tuberculosa (Engelm.) Britton & Rose – Biznaga-Escobar rómbica, white column foxtail cactus 
                                  Species Escobaria vivipara (Nutt.) Buxb. – spinystar 
                                  Species Escobaria zilziana (Boed.) Backeb.  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Charles A. Butterworth, Ph.D.  
  Notes: ITIS Cactaceae Steward   
  Reference for: Escobaria    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Escobaria   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Escobaria   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Escobaria   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hunt, David  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The New Cactus Lexicon: Text   
  Page(s): x + 373   
  Publisher: dh books   
  Publication Place: Milborne Port, England   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-9538134-5-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Escobaria   
       

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