Coryphantha

Coryphantha sulcata, Dinosaur Valley State Park, Somervell County, Texas, USA

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
Subgenera: C. subg. Coryphantha C. subg. Neocoryphantha
Species: C. bumamma C. calipensis C. clavata C. compacta C. cornifera C. delaetiana C. delicata C. difficilis C. durangensis C. echinoidea C. echinus C. elephantidens C. erecta C. georgii C. glanduligera C. glassii C. gracilis C. greenwoodii C. hintoniorum C. jalpanensis C. kracikii C. longicornis C. maiz-tablasensis C. neglecta C. nickelsiae C. octacantha C. ottonis C. pallida C. poselgeriana C. potosiana C. pseudoechinus C. pseudonickelsiae C. pseudoradians C. pulleineana C. pycnacantha C. ramillosa C. recurvata C. retusa C. robustispina C. salinensis C. sulcata C. tripugionacantha C. vaupeliana C. vogtherriana C. werdermannii C. wohlschlageri

Name

Coryphantha (Engelm.) Lem., Cactées. 32. (1868)

  • Type species: Coryphantha sulcata (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Mammillaria subg. Coryphanta Engelm., Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 264. 1856 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
  • Heterotypic
    • Glandulifera Frič, Ceskoslov. Zahradn. Listy 1924: 122. 1924, nom. illeg., syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
    • Escobrittonia Doweld, Sukkulenty 3(1-2): 17. 2000 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
      • Type: Escobrittonia gracilis (L.Bremer & A.B.Lau) Doweld

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Southwestern USA
      • Arizona
    • Regional: Southwestern USA
      • Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest
    • Regional: Southtern Central USA
      • New Mexico, Texas

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

References

Primary references

Additional references

Vernacular names

English: Beehive Cactus
suomi: Piikaktukset
For more multimedia, look at Coryphantha on Wikimedia Commons.
This article is issued from Wikimedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.