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Escobaria minima (Baird) D.R. Hunt
Nellie cory cactus

       
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Coryphantha minima

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Escobaria minima (Baird) D.R. Hunt

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Synonyms:
Escobaria minima (Baird) D.R. Hunt

  COMI4 Coryphantha minima Baird
  CONE2 Coryphantha nellieae Croizat
  ESNE Escobaria nellieae (Croizat) Backeb.
  MANE4 Mammillaria nellieae (Croizat) Croizat
 

Distribution:
Escobaria minima (Baird) D.R. Hunt

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USA (TX)
 

Related Taxa:
Escobaria minima (Baird) D.R. Hunt

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 17 species in Escobaria
 

Classification:
Escobaria minima (Baird) D.R. Hunt

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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 Escobaria Britton & Rose – foxtail cactus
Species Escobaria minima (Baird) D.R. Hunt – Nellie cory cactus
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Escobaria minima (Baird) D.R. Hunt

The synonym italicized and indented below is 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.

United States:
Coryphantha minima
Nellie cory cactus              Endangered
Texas:
Coryphantha minima
Nellie cory cactus              Endangered
 

More Accounts and Images:
Escobaria minima (Baird) D.R. Hunt

View species account from The Center for Plant Conservation.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502450.

 
 
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