PLANTS Profile for Escobaria vivipara var. radiosa (spinystar)

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

Symbol:

ESVIR

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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

Clarence A. Rechenthin. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Texas State Office. Usage Requirements.

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

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

	COFR10	Coryphantha fragrans Hester
	CORA8	Coryphantha radiosa (Engelm.) Rydb.
	COVIR	Coryphantha vivipara (Nutt.) Britton & Rose var. radiosa (Engelm.) Backeb.
	MAFR7	Mammillaria fragrans (Hester) D. Weniger, nom. nud.
	MAVIR	Mammillaria vivipara (Nutt.) Haw. var. radiosa Engelm.

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


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USA (CO, NM, OK, TX)

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

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

The related entity italicized and indented below is 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.

Minnesota:
Escobaria vivipara
ball cactus		Endangered

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 528098.

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

Time Generated: 02/10/2010 06:41 AM MST