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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Escobaria

Hierarchical position of the Genus Escobaria

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Caryophyllidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Caryophyllanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Caryophyllales Perleb pub. 1826       Subordo  Cactineae Bessey in C.K. Adams pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 462. 15 Nov 1895.       Familia  Cactaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 310. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Cactus       Genus  Escobaria Britton & Rose common name: foxtail cactus

Named members of the Genus Escobaria

1	Species  albicolumnaria Hester common name: column foxtail cactus
2	Species  alversonii (Coult.) N.P. Taylor, comb. nov. ined. common name: cushion foxtail cactus
3	Species  bella Britt. & Rose syn. Escobaria emskoetteriana
4	Species  chaffeyi Britt. & Rose syn. Escobaria dasyacantha var. chaffeyi
5	Species  dasyacantha (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose
	6    Varietas  chaffeyi (Britt. & Rose) N.P. Taylor common name: Chaffey's foxtail cactus 7    Varietas  dasyacantha common name: Big Bend foxtail cactus 8    Varietas  duncanii (Hester) N.P. Taylor common name: Duncan's foxtail cactus 9    Varietas  varicolor (Tiegel) D.R. Hunt syn. Escobaria tuberculosa
10	Species  duncanii (Hester) Backeberg syn. Escobaria dasyacantha var. duncanii
11	Species  emskoetteriana (Quehl) Borg common name: junior Tom Thumb cactus
12	Species  guadalupensis Brack & Heil common name: Guadalupe Mountain foxtail cactus
13	Species  hesteri (Y. Wright) Buxbaum common name: Hester's foxtail cactus
14	Species  leei Rose ex B�decker syn. Escobaria sneedii var. leei
15	Species  minima (Baird) D.R. Hunt common name: birdfoot cactus
16	Species  missouriensis (Sweet) D.R. Hunt
	17    Varietas  caespitosa (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt syn. Escobaria missouriensis var. similis 18    Varietas  marstonii (Clover) D.R. Hunt common name: Marston's foxtail cactus 19    Varietas  missouriensis common name: Missouri foxtail cactus 20    Varietas  robustior (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt common name: Missouri foxtail cactus 21    Varietas  similis (Engelm.) N.P. Taylor common name: Missouri foxtail cactus
22	Species  nellieae (Croizat) Backeberg syn. Escobaria minima
23	Species  orcuttii B�decker
	24    Varietas  koenigii Castetter, Pierce & Schwerin syn. Escobaria orcuttii 25    Varietas  macraxima Castetter, Pierce & Schwerin syn. Escobaria orcuttii
26	Species  organensis (A.D. Zimmerman) Castetter, Pierce & Sch common name: Organ Mountain foxtail cactus
27	Species  robbinsiorum (W.H. Earle) D.R. Hunt common name: Cochise foxtail cactus
28	Species  runyonii Britt. & Rose syn. Escobaria emskoetteriana
29	Species  sandbergii Castetter, Pierce & Schwerin common name: San Andres Mountain foxtail cactus
30	Species  sneedii Britt. & Rose
	31    Varietas  leei (Rose ex B�decker) D.R. Hunt common name: carpet foxtail cactus 32    Varietas  sneedii common name: carpet foxtail cactus
33	Species  strobiliformis auct. non (Poselg.) Scheer ex B�decker syn. Escobaria tuberculosa
34	Species  tuberculosa (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose
	35    Varietas  varicolor (Tiegel) Brack & Heil syn. Escobaria tuberculosa
36	Species  villardii Castetter, Pierce & Schwerin common name: Sacramento Mountain foxtail cactus
37	Species  vivipara (Nutt.) Buxbaum
	38    Varietas  alversonii (Coult.) D.R. Hunt syn. Escobaria alversonii 39    Varietas  arizonica (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt common name: Arizona spinystar 40    Varietas  bisbeeana (Orcutt) D.R. Hunt common name: Bisbee spinystar 41    Varietas  buoflama (P.C. Fischer) N.P. Taylor common name: spinystar 42    Varietas  deserti (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt common name: desert spinystar 43    Varietas  kaibabensis (P.C. Fischer) N.P. Taylor common name: Kaibab spinystar 44    Varietas  neomexicana (Engelm.) Buxbaum common name: New Mexico spinystar 45    Varietas  radiosa (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt common name: spinystar 46    Varietas  rosea (Clokey) D.R. Hunt common name: spinystar 47    Varietas  vivipara common name: spinystar

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.