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Taxon:
Espostoa lanata
(Kunth) Britton & Rose
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Espostoa
Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Tribe:
Trichocereeae
Nomen number:
15830
Place of publication:
Cact. 2:61, t. 87-91. 1920
Verified:
02/24/2004
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
Cactus lanatus
Kunth
No images
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)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Anderson, E. F.
2001. The cactus family
Backeberg, C.
1967. Die Cactaceae. 2528.
Backeberg, C.
1977. Das Kakteen Lexikon. 152.
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi.
1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
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
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds.
1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Rauh, W.
1958. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der peruanischen Kakteenvegetation. Sitzungsber. Heidelberger Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 1958:521.
Common names
English
cotton-ball cactus –
Reference(s)
new old-man cactus –
Reference(s)
Peruvian old-man cactus –
Reference(s)
Peruvian snowball cactus –
Reference(s)
Peruvian-old-man –
Reference(s)
snowball cactus –
Reference(s)
snowball-old-man –
Reference(s)
Swedish
ullkaktus –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
Loja
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Amazonas
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Cajamarca
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Lambayeque
1
Native
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
Piura
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Southern America
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Ecuador
[Loja],
Peru
[Amazonas, Cajamarca, Lambayeque, Piura]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Name
References