PLANTS Profile for Escobaria missouriensis (Missouri foxtail cactus)

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Escobaria missouriensis (Sweet) D.R. Hunt
Missouri foxtail cactus

Symbol:

ESMI3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Escobaria missouriensis (Sweet) D.R. Hunt

Coryphantha missouriensis

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 570. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Escobaria missouriensis (Sweet) D.R. Hunt

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Synonyms:
Escobaria missouriensis (Sweet) D.R. Hunt

COMI5	Coryphantha missouriensis (Sweet) Britton & Rose
COMIC	Coryphantha missouriensis (Sweet) Britton & Rose var. caespitosa (Engelm.) L.D. Benson
COMIR	Coryphantha missouriensis (Sweet) Britton & Rose var. robustior (Engelm.) L.D. Benson
COSI5	Coryphantha similis (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
ESMIN	Escobaria missouriensis (Sweet) D.R. Hunt ssp. navajoensis Hochstätter
ESMIC	Escobaria missouriensis (Sweet) D.R. Hunt var. caespitosa (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt
ESMIM2	Escobaria missouriensis (Sweet) D.R. Hunt var. missouriensis	Missouri foxtail cactus
ESMIR	Escobaria missouriensis (Sweet) D.R. Hunt var. robustior (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt	Missouri foxtail cactus
ESMIS	Escobaria missouriensis (Sweet) D.R. Hunt var. similis (Engelm.) N.P. Taylor	Missouri foxtail cactus
MAMI7	Mammillaria missouriensis Sweet
MARO6	Mammillaria roseiflora (Lahman) D. Weniger, nom. nud.
MASI8	Mammillaria similis Engelm.
MASIR	Mammillaria similis Engelm. var. robustior Engelm.
NEMI3	Neobesseya missouriensis (Sweet) Britton & Rose
NEWI	Neobesseya wissmannii (Hildmann ex K. Schum.) Britton & Rose
NESI3	Neomammillaria similis (Engelm.) Britton & Rose ex Rydb.

Distribution:
Escobaria missouriensis (Sweet) D.R. Hunt


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Related Taxa:
Escobaria missouriensis (Sweet) D.R. Hunt

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 17 species in Escobaria

Classification:
Escobaria missouriensis (Sweet) 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 missouriensis (Sweet) D.R. Hunt – Missouri foxtail cactus

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Escobaria missouriensis (Sweet) D.R. Hunt

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.

Arizona:
Coryphantha missouriensis
		Salvage restricted

More Accounts and Images:
Escobaria missouriensis (Sweet) D.R. Hunt

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502451.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 06:17 PM CDT