PLANTS Profile for Escobaria tuberculosa (whitecolumn foxtail cactus)

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PLANTS Profile

Escobaria tuberculosa (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
whitecolumn foxtail cactus

Symbol:

ESTU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Escobaria tuberculosa (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

Coryphantha strobiliformis

©G.A. Cooper. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Department of Systematic Biology-Botany. United States, TX, Marathon, Dugout Mountain. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Images:
Escobaria tuberculosa (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

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Synonyms:
Escobaria tuberculosa (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

	CODAV	Coryphantha dasyacantha (Engelm.) Orcutt var. varicolor (Tiegel) L.D. Benson
	COST7	Coryphantha strobiliformis auct. non (Poselg.) Orcutt
	ESDAV	Escobaria dasyacantha (Engelm.) Britton & Rose var. varicolor (Tiegel) D.R. Hunt
	ESST	Escobaria strobiliformis auct. non (Poselg.) Scheer ex Boed.
	ESTUV	Escobaria tuberculosa (Engelm.) Britton & Rose var. varicolor (Tiegel) Brack & K.D. Heil
	MATU3	Mammillaria tuberculosa Engelm.
	MAVA4	Mammillaria varicolor (Tiegel) D. Weniger, nom. nud.

Distribution:
Escobaria tuberculosa (Engelm.) Britton & Rose


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USA (AZ, NM, TX)

Related Taxa:
Escobaria tuberculosa (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 17 species in Escobaria

Classification:
Escobaria tuberculosa (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

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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 tuberculosa (Engelm.) Britton & Rose – whitecolumn foxtail cactus

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Escobaria tuberculosa (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

The 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 strobiliformis
		Salvage restricted

More Accounts and Images:
Escobaria tuberculosa (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 202466.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 10/23/2008 03:49 PM MDT