PLANTS Profile for Escobaria vivipara var. arizonica (Arizona spinystar)

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Escobaria vivipara (Nutt.) Buxbaum var. arizonica (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt
Arizona spinystar

Symbol:

ESVIA

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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

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

	COAR12	Coryphantha arizonica (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
	COVIA2	Coryphantha vivipara (Nutt.) Britton & Rose var. arizonica (Engelm.) W.T. Marshall
	MAAR8	Mammillaria arizonica Engelm.
	MAVIA	Mammillaria vivipara (Nutt.) Haw. var. arizonica (Engelm.) L.D. Benson

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


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USA (AZ, CO, NM, NV, UT)

Related Taxa:
Escobaria vivipara (Nutt.) Buxbaum var. arizonica (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. arizonica (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. arizonica (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt – Arizona spinystar

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Escobaria vivipara (Nutt.) Buxbaum var. arizonica (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. arizonica
		Salvage restricted
Minnesota:
Escobaria vivipara
ball cactus		Endangered
Nevada:
Arizona foxtail cactus		Protected as a Cactus, Yucca, or Christmas tree

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

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 528092.

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 12:13 AM CDT