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Taxon:  Astrophytum asterias (Zucc.) Lem.



Summary
Genus:
Astrophytum
Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Tribe:
Cacteae
Nomen number:
319166
Place of publication:
Cactées 50. 1868
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
Echinocactus asterias Zucc.

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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Anderson, E. F. et al. Threatened cacti of Mexico. 1994
  3. Anderson, E. F. The cactus family. 2001
  4. Benson, L. The cacti of the United States and Canada. 1982 Note: = Echinocactus asterias Zucc.
  5. Bravo-Hollis, H. & H. Sánchez-Mejorada. Las Cactáceas de México, vol. 1 - 1978, vols. 2,3 - 1991
  6. CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource). http://www.cites.org/eng/app/appendices.shtml
  7. Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
  8. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993- http://floranorthamerica.org/
  9. Hunt, D. et al., eds. The new cactus lexicon. 2006
  10. Hunt, D. CITES Cactaceae checklist. 1992
  11. Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
  12. Rodriguez, A. 1994. Astrophytum: the star cacti. New Plantsman 1:84-94.
  13. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Species Information: threatened and endangered animals and plants (on-line resource). 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_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoNuevo Leon 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoTamaulipas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
CITES Appendix I
Environmental
ornamental (fide New Plantsman 1:91. 1994) –
Fish & Wildlife Endangered species
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