PLANTS Profile for Coryphantha robustispina ssp. scheeri (Scheer's beehive cactus)

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Coryphantha robustispina (Schott ex Engelm.) Britton & Rose ssp. scheeri (Muehlenpf.) N.P. Taylor
Scheer's beehive cactus

Symbol:

COROS

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Coryphantha robustispina (Schott ex Engelm.) Britton & Rose ssp. scheeri (Muehlenpf.) N.P. Taylor

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Synonyms:
Coryphantha robustispina (Schott ex Engelm.) Britton & Rose ssp. scheeri (Muehlenpf.) N.P. Taylor

COSC6	Coryphantha scheeri (Muehlenpf.) L.D. Benson	Scheer's beehive cactus
COSCS	Coryphantha scheeri (Muehlenpf.) L.D. Benson var. scheeri	Scheer's beehive cactus
MASC6	Mammillaria scheeri Muehlenpf.

Distribution:
Coryphantha robustispina (Schott ex Engelm.) Britton & Rose ssp. scheeri (Muehlenpf.) N.P. Taylor


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USA (AZ, NM, TX)

Related Taxa:
Coryphantha robustispina (Schott ex Engelm.) Britton & Rose ssp. scheeri (Muehlenpf.) N.P. Taylor

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 10 species in Coryphantha, 3 subspecies in Coryphantha robustispina (Schott ex Engelm.) Britton & Rose

Classification:
Coryphantha robustispina (Schott ex Engelm.) Britton & Rose ssp. scheeri (Muehlenpf.) N.P. Taylor

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus	Coryphantha (Engelm.) Lem. – beehive cactus
Species	Coryphantha robustispina (Schott ex Engelm.) Britton & Rose – long-tubercle beehive cactus
Subspecies	Coryphantha robustispina (Schott ex Engelm.) Britton & Rose ssp. scheeri (Muehlenpf.) N.P. Taylor – Scheer's beehive cactus

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Coryphantha robustispina (Schott ex Engelm.) Britton & Rose ssp. scheeri (Muehlenpf.) N.P. Taylor

The synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

New Mexico:
Coryphantha scheeri var. scheeri
Scheer's pincushion cactus		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Coryphantha robustispina (Schott ex Engelm.) Britton & Rose ssp. scheeri (Muehlenpf.) N.P. Taylor

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 03:20 PM CDT