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Coryphantha  (Engelm.) Lem.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 19823

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Mammillaria scolymoides Scheidw.
  
    Cumarinia (F.M. Knuth) Buxb.
  
    Escobrittonia Doweld
  
    Lepidocoryphantha Backeb.
  
  Common Name(s): beehive 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  
                               GenusCoryphantha (Engelm.) Lem. – beehive cactus  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha clavata (Scheidw.) Backeb.  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha compacta (Engelm.) Britton & Rose  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha cornifera (DC.) Lem. – Biznaga-partida de cuernos, rhinoceros cactus 
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha delaetiana (Quehl) A. Berger  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha delicata L. Bremer  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha difficilis (Quehl) Orcutt  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha durangensis (Runge ex K. Schum.) Britton & Rose  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha echinoidea (Quehl) Britton & Rose  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha echinus (Engelm.) Orcutt  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha elephantidens (Lem.) Lem.  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha erecta (Lem.) Lem.  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha georgii Boed.  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha glanduligera (Otto & A. Dietr.) Lem.  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha glassii Dicht & A. Lüthy  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha gracilis L. Bremer & A.B. Lau  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha hintoniorum Dicht & A. Lüthy  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha jalpanensis Buchenau  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha kracikii Halda, Chalupa & Kupcák  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha longicornis Boed.  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha macromeris (Engelm.) Lem. – Biznaga-partida partida, nipple beehive cactus 
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha maiz-tablasensis Fritz Schwartz ex Backeb.  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha neglecta L. Bremer  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha nickelsiae (K. Brandegee) Britton & Rose – Biznaga-partida de Laredo, Nickels' cactus 
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha octacantha (DC.) Britton & Rose  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha odorata Boed.  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha ottonis (Pfeiff.) Lem.  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha pallida Britton & Rose  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha poselgeriana (A. Dietr.) Britton & Rose  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha potosiana (Jacobi) Glass & R.A. Foster  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha pseudoechinus Boed.  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha pseudonickelsae Backeb.  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha pulleineana (Backeb.) Glass  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha pycnacantha (Mart.) Lem.  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha ramillosa Cutak – whiskerbush, bunched cory cactus 
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha recurvata (Engelm.) Britton & Rose – Biznaga-partida de espinas curvas, Santa Cruz beehive cactus 
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha retusa (Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha robustispina (A. Schott ex Engelm.) Britton & Rose – Biznaga-partida de espinas gruesas 
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha salinensis (Poselg.) Dicht & A. Lüthy  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha sulcata (Engelm.) Britton & Rose – pineapple cactus, finger cactus 
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha tripugionacantha A.B. Lau  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha vaupeliana Boed.  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha vogtherriana Werderm. & Boed.  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha werdermannii Boed.  
                                  SpeciesCoryphantha wohlschlageri Holzeis  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Charles A. Butterworth, Ph.D.   
  Notes: ITIS Cactaceae Steward   
  Reference for: Coryphantha    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Coryphantha   
       
  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: Coryphantha   
       
  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: Coryphantha   
       
  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: Coryphantha   
       

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