Pelecyphora missouriensis

Pelecyphora missouriensis

Pelecyphora missouriensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cacteae
Genus: Pelecyphora
Species: Pelecyphora missouriensis
Subspecies: P. m. subsp. asperispina – P. m. subsp. missouriensis

Name

Pelecyphora missouriensis (Sweet) D.Aquino & Dan.Sánchez, PhytoKeys 188: 137. (2022)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Mammillaria missouriensis Sweet, Hort. Brit.: 171 (1826)
• Homotypic
  • Cactus missouriensis (Sweet) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 259 (1891)
  • Coryphantha missouriensis (Sweet) Britton & Rose in N.L.Britton & A.Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2, 2: 570 (1913)
  • Escobaria missouriensis (Sweet) D.R.Hunt, Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 40: 13 (1978)
  • Neobesseya missouriensis (Sweet) Britton & Rose, Cact. 4: 53 (1923)
  • Neomammillaria missouriensis (Sweet) Britton & Rose ex Rydb., Fl. Plains N. Amer.: 561 (1932)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Central USA Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Sánchez, D., Vázquez-Benítez, B., Vázquez-Sánchez, M., Aquino, D. & Arias, S. 2022.  Phylogenetic relationships in Coryphantha and implications on Pelecyphora and Escobaria (Cacteae, Cactoideae, Cactaceae). PhytoKeys 188:115–165. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.188.75739 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page. 

Links

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Pelecyphora missouriensis in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 14. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Pelecyphora missouriensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan. 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Pelecyphora missouriensis. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 13 2025. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Pelecyphora missouriensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Mar 2021. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Pelecyphora missouriensis. 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 online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 13. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Missouri Foxtail Cactus

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