Escobaria hesteri

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Escobaria hesteri
Escobaria hesteri

Taxonavigation[edit]

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: Escobaria
Sectio: E. sect. Escobaria
Species: Escobaria hesteri
Subspecies: E. h. subsp. grata – E. h. subsp. hesteri

Name[edit]

Escobaria hesteri (Y.Wright) Buxb., 1951

Note[edit]

The specific epithet hesteri honors the American cactus lover John Pinckney Hester from Fredonia, one of the leading explorers of the Big Bend area.

Synonyms[edit]

  • Coryphantha hesteri Y.Wright

Distribution[edit]

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Texas

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names[edit]

English: Hester's foxtail cactus, Hester's Cory Cactus
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