Escobaria tuberculosa

Escobaria tuberculosa

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: Escobaria
Sectio: E. sect. Escobaria
Species: Escobaria tuberculosa

Name

Escobaria tuberculosa (Engelm.) Britton & Rose,

Synonyms

• Mammillaria tuberculosa Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 268. 1856 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
• Coryphantha tuberculosa (Engelm.) Orcutt, Circular to Cactus Fanciers, p.i: i. 1922 syn. sec. ???
• Coryphantha tuberculosa (Engelm.) A.Berger, Kakteen: 280. 1929 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Escobaria tuberculosa subsp. tuberculosa syn. sec. ???
  • Mammillaria strobiliformis Engelm. in Mem. Tour N. Mexico: 113. 1848 syn. sec. Tropicos
  • Mammillaria strobiliformis var. durispina Quehl in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 17: 87. 1907 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Mammillaria strobiliformis f. durispina (Quehl) Schelle, Kakteen: 285. 1926 syn. sec. Korotkova 2021
• Escobaria tuberculosa var. durispina (Quehl) Børgesen in Borg, Cacti: 304. 1937 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Coryphantha strobiliformis var. durispina (Quehl) L.D.Benson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 189. 1969 syn. sec. ???
• Escobaria strobiliformis var. durispina (Quehl) Bravo in Cact. Suc. Mex. 27: 17. 1982 syn. sec. Tropicos
  • Mammillaria strobiliformis var. pubescens Quehl in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 17: 87. 1907 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Mammillaria strobiliformis f. pubescens (Quehl) Schelle, Kakteen: 285. 1926 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Escobaria tuberculosa var. pubescens (Quehl) Y.Itô, Cacti, ed. 2: 113. 1952 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Mammillaria strobiliformis var. rufispina Quehl in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 17: 87. 1907 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Mammillaria strobiliformis f. rufispina (Quehl) Schelle, Kakteen: 285. 1926 syn. sec. ???
  • Coryphantha varicolor Tiegel in Monatsschr. Deutsch. Kakteen-Ges. 3: 278. 1932 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
• Coryphantha dasyacantha var. varicolor (Tiegel) L.D.Benson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 189. 1969 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
• Escobaria dasyacantha var. varicolor (Tiegel) D.R.Hunt in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 40: 13. 1978 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
• Escobaria tuberculosa var. varicolor (Tiegel) S.Brack & K.D.Heil in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 60: 17. 1988 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
• Escobaria tuberculosa subsp. varicolor (Tiegel) Lüthy in Kakteen And. Sukk. 50: 257. 1999 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
• Coryphantha tuberculosa var. varicolor (Tiegel) A.D.Zimmerman, Cacti Trans-Pecos: 436. 2004 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
• Escobaria varicolor Tiegel syn. sec. The Plant List v. 1.1 2013
  • Fobea viridiflora Frič ex Boed. in Kakteenkunde 1933: 155. 1933 syn. sec. IPNI
• Escobaria chaffeyi f. viridiflora (Frič) Říha in Kaktusy (Brno) 22(2): 25. 1986 syn. sec. WFO 2019
  • Escobaria strobiliformis subsp. sisperai Halda & Sladk. in Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat., 7: 35. 2000 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Escobaria tuberculosa Continental: Northern America Regional: Southern Central USA Texas Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, New Mexico References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1923. The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family. Vol. 4. 318 pp. + 37 pl. Carnegie Institution of Washington. BHL PDF Reference page. : 54

Additional references

• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2001. World Checklist of Seed Plants. Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919 [unavailable to the public]. Reference page. 
• 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. Escobaria tuberculosa 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. 2021. Escobaria tuberculosa in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Escobaria tuberculosa. Published online. Accessed: Mar 14 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Escobaria tuberculosa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 Mar 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Escobaria tuberculosa. 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 14. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: whitecolumn foxtail cactus, Corncob Cactus, Incense Cory Cactus
español: Biznaga-Escobar Rómbica

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