PLANTS Profile for Escobaria alversonii (cushion foxtail cactus)

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Escobaria alversonii (J.M. Coult.) N.P. Taylor
cushion foxtail cactus

Symbol:

ESAL2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Escobaria alversonii (J.M. Coult.) N.P. Taylor

Mammillaria alversonii

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Escobaria alversonii (J.M. Coult.) N.P. Taylor

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Synonyms:
Escobaria alversonii (J.M. Coult.) N.P. Taylor

	COAL10	Coryphantha alversonii (J.M. Coult.) Orcutt
	COVIA	Coryphantha vivipara (Nutt.) Britton & Rose var. alversonii (J.M. Coult.) L.D. Benson
	ESVIA2	Escobaria vivipara (Nutt.) Buxbaum var. alversonii (J.M. Coult.) D.R. Hunt
	MAAL9	Mammillaria alversonii (J.M. Coult.) J.M. Coult. ex Zeissold

Distribution:
Escobaria alversonii (J.M. Coult.) N.P. Taylor


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USA (AZ, CA)

Related Taxa:
Escobaria alversonii (J.M. Coult.) N.P. Taylor

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 17 species in Escobaria

Classification:
Escobaria alversonii (J.M. Coult.) N.P. Taylor

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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 alversonii (J.M. Coult.) N.P. Taylor – cushion foxtail cactus

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Escobaria alversonii (J.M. Coult.) N.P. Taylor

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 vivipara var. alversonii
		Salvage restricted

More Accounts and Images:
Escobaria alversonii (J.M. Coult.) N.P. Taylor

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502445.

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

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 11:24 PM CDT