Coryphantha elephantidens

Coryphantha elephantidens

Coryphantha elephantidens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cacteae
Genus: Coryphantha
Subgenus: C. subg. Coryphantha
Sectio: C. sect. Coryphantha
Series: C. ser. Retusae
Species: Coryphantha elephantidens
Subspecies: C. e. subsp. bumamma – C. e. subsp. elephantidens – C. e. subsp. greenwoodii

Name

Coryphantha elephantidens (Lem.) Lem., Cactées 35. (1868)

Synonyms

• Cactus elephantidens (Lem.) Kuntze
• Cactus recurvispinus (de Vriese) Kuntze
• Cactus sulcolanatus (Lem.) Kuntze
• Coryphantha elephantidens var. barciae L.Bremer
• Coryphantha garessii L.Bremer
• Coryphantha recurvispina (de Vriese) L.Bremer
• Coryphantha sulcolanata (Lem.) Lem.
• Echinocactus elephantidens (Lem.) Poselg.
• Echinocactus sulcolanatus (Lem.) Poselg.
• Mammillaria cornimamma N.E.Br.
• Mammillaria elephantidens Lem.
• Mammillaria elephantidens var. bumamma K.Schum.
• Mammillaria recurvispina de Vriese
• Mammillaria retusa Scheidw. ex C.F.Först.
• Mammillaria sulcolanata Lem.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Coryphantha elephantidens Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lemaire, C.A. 1838. Cactearum aliquot novarum ac insuetarum in Horto monvilliano cultarum accurata descriptio, fasc. 1. Online.
• Lemaire, C.A. 1868. Les cactées : histoire, patrie, organes de végétation, inflorescence, culture, etc. p.35. Librairie Agricole de la Maison Rustique, Paris.

Additional references

• Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
• Govaerts, R.H.A. 1999. World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b). 1532 pp.. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-5720-098-8 (issue 1), ISBN 90-5720-099-6 (issue 2b). Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Coryphantha elephantidens in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Coryphantha elephantidens. Published online. Accessed: Mar 11 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Coryphantha elephantidens. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 11.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Coryphantha elephantidens. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 11. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Coryphantha elephantidens in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Starry Ball Cactus

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