PLANTS Profile for Escobaria vivipara var. deserti (desert spinystar)

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PLANTS Profile

Escobaria vivipara (Nutt.) Buxbaum var. deserti (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt
desert spinystar

Symbol:

ESVID

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Escobaria vivipara (Nutt.) Buxbaum var. deserti (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt

Mammillaria vivipara var. deserti

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, CA, San Bernardino Co., Mojave Desert Preserve. April 19, 2003. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Escobaria vivipara (Nutt.) Buxbaum var. deserti (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt

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Synonyms:
Escobaria vivipara (Nutt.) Buxbaum var. deserti (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt

	CODE8	Coryphantha deserti (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
	COVID	Coryphantha vivipara (Nutt.) Britton & Rose var. deserti (Engelm.) W.T. Marsh.
	MADE2	Mammillaria deserti Engelm.
	MAVID	Mammillaria vivipara (Nutt.) Haw. var. deserti (Engelm.) D. Weniger, nom. nud.

Distribution:
Escobaria vivipara (Nutt.) Buxbaum var. deserti (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt


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USA (AZ, CA, NV, UT)

Related Taxa:
Escobaria vivipara (Nutt.) Buxbaum var. deserti (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 17 species in Escobaria, 9 varieties in Escobaria vivipara (Nutt.) Buxbaum

Classification:
Escobaria vivipara (Nutt.) Buxbaum var. deserti (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus	Escobaria Britton & Rose – foxtail cactus
Species	Escobaria vivipara (Nutt.) Buxbaum – spinystar
Variety	Escobaria vivipara (Nutt.) Buxbaum var. deserti (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt – desert spinystar

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Escobaria vivipara (Nutt.) Buxbaum var. deserti (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt

This plant and the related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arizona:
Coryphantha vivipara var. deserti
		Salvage restricted
Minnesota:
Escobaria vivipara
ball cactus		Endangered
Nevada:
desert pincushion		Protected as a Cactus, Yucca, or Christmas tree

More Accounts and Images:
Escobaria vivipara (Nutt.) Buxbaum var. deserti (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 528095.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 10/25/2008 08:31 PM MDT