David Hunt, Nigel Taylor and Graham Charles
The New Cactus Lexicon, DH Books, 2006
New classification of the genus Escobaria (with Acharagma and Ortegocactus) by David Hunt, Nigel Taylor and Graham Charles.
The Genus Acharagma
Diagnosis of the genus: vide Description of Genus | |
Species and subspecies: |
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Acharagma aguirreanus (Glass et Foster) Glass, 1997 | |
Synonym:   | Gymnocactus aguirreanum Glass et Foster, 1972 |
Thelocactus aguirreanus (Glass et Foster) Bravo, 1980 | |
Escobaria aguirreana (Glass et Foster) N.P.Taylor, 1983 | |
Acharagma roseanum subsp. roseanum (Boedeker) E.F.Anderson, 1999 | |
Synonym:   | Echinocactus roseanus Boedeker, 1928 |
Thelocactus roseanus (Boed.) W.T.Marshall, 1941 | |
Escobaria roseana (Boed.) Buxbaum, 1951 | |
Gymnocactus roseanus (Boed.) Glass et Foster, 1970 | |
Acharagma roseanum subsp. galeanense (Haugg) Hunt, 2002 | |
Synonym:   | Escobaria roseana subsp. galeanensis Haugg, 1995 |
The Genus Escobaria
Section
Escobaria |
Escobaria section Escobaria | |
Diagnosis: Flowers apical; stigma pink, violet or nearly white; seed brown, testa deeply pitted. | ||
Species and subspecies: |
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Escobaria alversonii (J.M.Coulter) N.P.Taylor, 1997 | ||
Synonym:   | Cactus radiosus var. alversonii J.M.Coulter, 1894 | |
Coryphantha alversonii (J.M.Coulter) Orcutt, 1926 | ||
Escobaria hesteri (Y.Wright) Buxbaum, 1951 | ||
Synonym:   | Coryphantha hesteri Y.Wright, 1932 | |
Comment:   | The dwarf sister-species of Esc. vivipara /Taylor/. | |
Escobaria laredoi (Glass et Foster) N.P.Taylor, 1979 | ||
Synonym:   | Coryphantha laredoi Glass et Foster, 1978 | |
Escobaria rigida Backeberg, 1961 (nomen invalidum) | ||
Comment:   | A disjunct, Mexican member of the Esc. sneedii (Esc. orcuttii) complex (Taylor). | |
Escobaria sneedii subsp. sneedii Britton et Rose, 1923 | ||
Synonym:   | Coryphantha sneedii (Britton et Rose) A.Berger, 1929 | |
Mammillaria leei Rose, 1924 | ||
Escobaria leei [Rose ex] Boedeker, 1933 | ||
Escobaria sneedii subsp. leei (Boedeker) D.R.Hunt, 1997 | ||
Escobaria sneedii subsp. orcuttii (Bödeker) J.M.Lüthy, 1999 | ||
Synonym:   | Escobaria orcuttii Boed, 1933 | |
Coryphantha orcuttii (Boed) Zimmerman, 1969 | ||
Escobaria albicolumnaria Hester, 1941 | ||
Coryphantha albicolumnaria (Hester) Zimmerman, 1972 | ||
Escobaria guadalupensis S.Brack et K.D.Heil, 1986 | ||
Coryphantha organensis D.A.Zimmerman, 1972 | ||
Escobaria organensis (D.A.Zimmerman) Castetter P.Pierce et K.H.Schwerin, 1975 | ||
Escobaria sandbergii Castetter, P.Pierce et K.H.Schwerin, 1975 | ||
Escobaria villardii Castetter, P.Pierce et K.H.Schwerin, 1975 | ||
Escobaria tuberculosa (Engelmann) Britton et Rose, 1923 | ||
Synonym:   | Mammillaria tuberculosa Engelmann, 1856 | |
Coryphantha (Escobaria) varicolor Tiegel, 1932 | ||
Escobaria varicolor (Tiegel) Backeberg, 1976 | ||
Coryphantha dasyacantha var. varicolor (Tiegel) L.D.Benson, 1969 | ||
Escobaria dasyacantha var. varicolor (Tiegel) D.R.Hunt, 1978 | ||
Escobaria tuberculosa subsp. varicolor (Tiegel) Lüthy, 1999 | ||
Escobaria strobiliformis (Poselger) Boed., 1933; aucutt | ||
Comment:   | often wrongly as Esc. strobiliformis - name best abandoned; identification uncertain; see Esc. chihuahuensis too | |
Escobaria vivipara (Nuttall) Buxbaum, 1951 | ||
Synonym:   | Cactus viviparus Nutt., 1813 | |
Coryphantha vivipara (Nutt.) Britton et Brown, 1913 | ||
Coryphantha aggregata Britton et Rose, 1937 not Mammillaria aggregata Engelm. | ||
Coryphantha arizonica (Engelm.) Britton et Rose, 1923 | ||
Coryphantha bisbeeana Orcutt, 1926 | ||
Escobaria bisbeeana (Orcutt) Borg, 1937 | ||
Escobaria vivipara var. bisbeeana (Orcutt) D.R.Hunt, 1978 | ||
Coryphantha chlorantha (Engelm.) Britton et Rose, 1923 | ||
Coryphantha columnaris Lahman, 1934 | ||
Mammillaria deserti Engelmann, 1880 | ||
Coryphantha deserti (Engelm.) Britton et Rose, 1923 | ||
Escobaria deserti (Engelmann) Buxbaum, 1951 | ||
Escobaria vivipara var. deserti (Engelmann) D.R.Hunt, 1978 | ||
Mammillaria vivipara subvar. neomexicana Engelmann, 1856 | ||
Escobaria neomexicana (Engelmann) Buxbaum, 1951 | ||
Escobaria vivipara var. neomexicana (Engelmann) D.R.Hunt, 1978 | ||
Escobaria vivipara var. radiosa (Engelmann) D.R.Hunt, 1978 | ||
Comment:   | A very widespread and variable species, with several potential subspecies, e.g. Esc. deserti (Engelm.) Buxbaum. | |
Neobesseya |
Escobaria section Neobesseya (Br. et R.) N.P.Taylor, Kakt. und and. Skk., 34:138, 1983 | |
basionym: | Neobesseya Britton et Rose, 1923 | |
subg. Neobesseya (Britton et Rose) John et Øíha, 1981 | ||
Diagnosis: Flower apical; outer petals ciliate; stigma green or yellow-green; seed usually black-brown, testa deeply pitted. | ||
Species and subspecies: |
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Escobaria cubensis (Britton et Rose) D.R.Hunt, 1978 | ||
Synonym:   | Coryphantha cubensis Britton et Rose, 1912 | |
Escobaria dasyacantha subsp. dasyacantha (Engelmann) Britton et Rose, 1923 | ||
Synonym:   | Mammillaria dasyacantha Engelmann, 1856 | |
Coryphantha dasyacantha (Engelmann) A.Berger, 1929 | ||
Escobaria dasyacantha subsp. chaffeyi (Britton et Rose) N.P.Taylor, 1998 | ||
Synonym:   | Escobaria chaffeyi Britton et Rose, 1923 | |
(?) Escobaria duncanii (Hester) Buxbaum, 1960 | ||
Synonym:   | Escobesseya duncanii Hester, 1945 | |
Coryphantha duncanii (Hester) Benson, 1969 | ||
Comment:   | Escobaria dasyacantha (?) | |
Escobaria emskoetteriana (Quehl) Borg, 1937 | ||
Synonym:   | Mammillaria emskoetteriana Quehl, 1910 | |
Coryphantha emskoetteriana (Quehl) A.Berger, 1929 | ||
Escobaria bella Britton et Rose, 1923 | ||
Escobaria runyonii Britton et Rose, 1923 | ||
Coryphantha muehlbaueriana Boed., 1929 | ||
Escobaria muehlbaueriana (Boed.) F.M.Knuth, 1935 | ||
(?) Escobaria lloydii Britton et Rose, 1923 | ||
Comment:   | Said by Britton et Rose to be close to Esc. tuberculosa, but the description suggests it might be an older name for Esc. zilziana. | |
Escobaria minima (Baird) D.R.Hunt, 1978 | ||
Synonym:   | Coryphantha minima Baird, 1931 | |
Coryphantha nellieae Croizat, 1934 | ||
Escobaria nellieae (Croizat) Backeberg, 1961 | ||
Escobaria missouriensis subsp. missouriensis (Sweet) D.R.Hunt, 1978 | ||
Synonym:   | Mammillaria missouriensis Sweet, 1830 (equivalent name - Cactus mammillaris Nutt. 1818) | |
Coryphantha missouriensis (Sweet) Britton et Rose, 1913 | ||
Neobesseya missouriensis (Sweet) Britton et Rose, 1923 | ||
Mammillaria similis Engelmann, 1845 | ||
Neobesseya similis (Engelmann) Britton et Rose, 1923 | ||
Mammillaria notesteinii Britton, 1891 | ||
Neobesseya notesteinii (Britton) Britton et Rose, 1923 | ||
Mammillaria wissmannii Hildmann, 1898 | ||
Neobesseya wissmannii (Hildmann) Britton et Rose, 1923 | ||
Neobesseya rosiflora Lahman ex G.Turner, 1937 | ||
Escobaria missouriensis subsp. navajoensis Hochstätter, 1996 | ||
Escobaria missouriensis subsp. asperispina (Boed.) Taylor, 1998 | ||
Synonym:   | Coryphantha asperispina Boed., 1929 | |
Neobesseya asperispina (Boed.) Boed. ex Backeb. et F.M.Knuth, 1935 | ||
Escobaria asperispina (Boed.) Hunt, 1978 | ||
Escobaria robbinsorum (W.H.Earle) D.R.Hunt, 1978 | ||
Synonym:   | Cochiseia robbinsorum W.H.Earle, 1976 | |
Coryphantha robbinsorum (W.H.Earle) A.D.Zimmerman, 1978 | ||
Escobaria zilziana (Boedeker) Backeberg, 1961 | ||
Synonym:   | Coryphantha zilziana Boedeker, 1930 | |
Escobaria zilziana subsp. fricii Halda Sladkovsky, 2000 | ||
Pleurantha |
Escobaria section Pleurantha N.P.Taylor sec. nov., Kakt. und and. Sukk.,34:82,1983 | |
Synonym: subg. Protomammillaria John et Riha, 1981 | ||
Diagnosis: Flower lateral or from shoulder; petals ciliate, stigma white or cream; seed brown, testa shallowly pitted. | ||
Species and subspecies: |
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Escobaria chihuahuensis subsp. chihuahuensis Britton et Rose, 1923 | ||
Synonym:   | Coryphantha chihuahuensis (Britt. et Rose) A.Berger, 1929 | |
Escobaria strobiliformis (Poselger) Boedeker, 1933 | ||
Echinocactus strobiliformis Poselger, 1853 | ||
= outlawed name Mammillaria strobiliformis Scheer ex Salm-Dyck, 1850 not Mammillaria strobiliformis Muehl. 1848 nor Mammillaria strobiliformis Engelm. 1848 | ||
Comment:   | According to A.Zimmerman (PhD thesis, 1985, ined.), the correct name of this species would be Esc. strobiliformis (Poselger) Boed. Since, however, that name has hitherto been consistently applied (or, rather, misapplied) to the species here called Esc. tuberculosa, it is not used here, and should be rejected under ICBN Art. 69. | |
Escobaria chihuahuensis subsp. henricksonii (Glass et Foster) N.P.Taylor, 1998 | ||
Synonym:   | Escobaria henricksonii Glass et Foster, 1977 | |
Coryphantha henricksonii (Glass et Foster) Glass et Foster, 1979 |
The Genus Ortegocactus
Diagnosis of the genus: vide Description of Genus | |
Species: |
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Ortegocactus macdougallii Alexander, 1961 | |
Synonym:   | Neobesseya macdougallii (Alexander) Kladiwa, 1974 |
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