Taxon:
Astrophytum asterias (Zucc.) Lem.
Summary
Place of publication:
Cactées 50. 1868
Verified:
12/04/2007
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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. et al. 1994. Threatened cacti of Mexico.
- Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family
- Benson, L. 1982. The cacti of the United States and Canada Note: = Echinocactus asterias Zucc.
- Bravo-Hollis, H. & H. Sánchez-Mejorada. Las Cactáceas de México, vol. 1 - 1978, vols. 2,3 - 1991
- 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
- Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
- FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/
- Hunt, D. et al., eds. 2006. The new cactus lexicon
- Hunt, D. 1992. CITES Cactaceae checklist
- Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
- Rodriguez, A. 1994. Astrophytum: the star cacti. New Plantsman 1:84-94.
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Species Information: threatened and endangered animals and plants (on-line resource). URL: http://www.fws.gov/ecos/ajax/tess_public/pub/listedPlants.jsp
Common names
English
sand-dollar cactus – sea-urchin cactus – silver-dollar cactus – star cactus – star-peyote cactus – German
Seeigel-Sternkaktus – Swedish
sjöstjärnekaktus –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Nuevo León | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Nuevo León, Tamaulipas]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Rodriguez, A. 1994. Astrophytum: the star cacti. New Plantsman 1:84-94. |