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Taxon:
Astrophytum caput-medusae
D. R. Hunt
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Astrophytum
Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Tribe:
Cacteae
Nomen number:
454435
Place of publication:
Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16:4. 2003
Verified:
12/04/2007
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Digitostigma caput-medusae
Velazco & Nevárez, nom. inval.
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Conservation Status
CITES.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml
Reference(s)
CITES.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml
Hunt, D. et al., eds.
2006. The new cactus lexicon
Taylor, N. P.
2011. Review of
Cactaceae
data for
World Economic Plants
, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 20 May.
Common names
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Northern Mexico
Mexico
Nuevo León
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Northern America
NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Nuevo León]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Taylor, N. P.
2011. Review of
Cactaceae
data for
World Economic Plants
, ed. 2. pers. comm. via e-mail on 20 May.
Name
References