Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Echinocactus asterias Zucc.


CACTACEAE Family selection - Cactus family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Echinocactus asterias Zucc. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(2): 13 (-19, t. 3). 1846 [1844-1846 publ. 1846]
Rank: species
See: ► Astrophytum asterias (Zucc.) Lem.

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Sanddollar
en English name: sand dollar cactus
English name: sea urchin cactus

Grown habit: Shrub
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Astrophytum asterias (Zucc.) Lem.



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Caryophyllidae
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Echinocactus
Species:


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
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Distributional map for Echinocactus asterias Zucc.
Map for Echinocactus asterias Zucc.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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More species:
1) Echinocactus bicolor Galeotti ex N.E. Pfeiffer var. schottii Engelm. [91]
2) Echinocactus brevihamatus Engelm. [136]
3) Echinocactus conoideus (DC.) Poselg. [144]
4) Echinocactus intertextus Engelm. [93]
5) Echinocactus johnsonii Parry ex Engelm. [140]
6) Echinocactus mariposensis (Hester) D. Weniger, nom. nud. [93]
7) Echinocactus sinuatus A. Dietr. [131]
8) Echinocactus whipplei Engelm. & Bigelow var. intermedius (Peebles) L.D. Benson [140]
9) Echinocereus baileyi Rose [143]
10) Echinocereus blankii (Poselg.) hort. ex Palmer, orth. var. [211]

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