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406.0000 Family Cactaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 310 (1789), nom. cons.
133 genera, ca. 1700-1800 spp. There has been excessive splitting, leading to over 3000 species in some collectors view. The phylogeny is still somewhat in flux, but is getting more stabilized now. It should be good practice in the future that each ´new species´ description is confirmed by molecular genetics, not only by morphology.
Species listed in database: 1808; hybrids: 78
= Cereaceae DC. & Spreng.(transl.Jameson); Elem. Philos. Pl. 142 (1821)
= Mammillariaceae D.L.Fu; Amer. J. Agric. Forest. 12(5): 352 (2024)
= Nopaleaceae E.Schmid & Curtman; Pflanzenreich [Petermann] 2: 135 (1856)
= Opuntiaceae Desv.; Dict. Rais. Bot. 52, 385 (1817)
406.5219 Genus Epithelantha (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 92 (1922)
Distribution: SW-USA, NE-Mexico. Revision: Aquino et al. (2019)
Species listed in database: 10
= Cephalomamillaria Fric; Ceskoslov. Zahradn. Listy 120 (1924)
species :
Epithelantha bokei L.D.Benson; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 185 (1969)
Name: Boke´s Button Cactus
Distribution: USA (W-Texas); Mexico (Coahuila)
77 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Epithelantha micromeris subsp. bokei (L.D.Benson) U.Guzmán; Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 17 (2003)
= Epithelantha micromeris var. bokei (L.D.Benson) Glass & R.A.Foster; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 50(4): 185 (1978)
species :
Epithelantha cryptica D.Donati & Zanov.; Epithelantha 55 (2011)
Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila)
79 MEX
species :
Epithelantha greggii (Engelm.) Orcutt; Cactography 5 (1926)
Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila, San Luis Potosi)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Cactus micromeris var. greggii (Engelm.) J.M.Coult.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 101 (1894)
= Cephalomamillaria greggii (Engelm.) Fric; Zivot v Prírod 29(9): 9 (1925)
= Cephalomamillaria micromeris var. greggii (Engelm.) Fric; Ceskoslov. Zahradn. Listy 1924: 120 (1924)
= Epithelantha densispina Bravo; Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 22: 19 (1951)
= Epithelantha micromeris subsp. greggii (Engelm.) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 5: 12 (1998)
= Epithelantha micromeris var. densispina (Bravo) Backeb.; Cactus (Paris) 39: 31 (1954)
= Epithelantha micromeris var. greggii (Engelm.) Y.Itô; Cactaceae [Itô] 529 (1981)
= Epithelantha micromeris var. rufispina (Bravo) Backeb.; Cactus (Paris) 40: 57 (1954)
= Epithelantha rufispina Bravo; Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 22: 22 (1951)
= Mammillaria greggii (Engelm.) Saff.; Rep. (Annual) Board Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1908: 531 (1909)
= Mammillaria micromeris var. greggii Engelm.; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 261 (1856)
species :
Epithelantha ilariae D.Donati & Zanov.; Piante Grasse 30(4): 186 (182-183; photos) (2010)
Distribution: Mexico (Nuevo Leon)
79 MEX
species :
Epithelantha micromeris (Engelm.) F.A.C.Weber; Dict. Hort. [Bois] 2: 804 (1898), et ex Britton & Rose, Cact. 3: 93 (1922)
Name: Button Cactus, Mulatto, Tapone
Distribution: USA (E-Arizona, New Mexico, W-Texas); Mexico (Nuevo Leon, Coahuila)
76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Cactus leucodasys Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260 (1891)
= Cactus leucodictius (Link ex Otto & Dietr.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260 (1891)
= Cactus micromeris (Engelm.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260 (1891)
= Cephalomamillaria micromeris (Engelm.) Fric; Zivot v Prírod 29(9): 9 (1925)
= Epithelantha micromeris var. caespitosa Y.Itô; Cactaceae [Itô] 529 (1981) (without type)
= Epithelantha micromeris var. longispina Y.Itô; Cactaceae [Itô] 530 (1981) (nom. illeg.)
= Epithelantha petri Halda & Horácek; Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 7(2): 72 (2000)
= Epithelantha spinosior subsp. huastecana (D.Donati & Zanov.) Lodé; Cact.-Advent. Int. (Almeria) 32(1): 54 (2020)
= Epithelantha unguispina subsp. huastecana D.Donati & Zanov.; Piante Grasse 30(4): 186 (2010)
= Mammillaria leucodasys Salm-Dyck ex Scheer; Bot. Voy. Herald [Seemann] 286 (1856)
= Mammillaria leucodictia Link ex Otto & Dietr.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 16: 330 (1848)
= Mammillaria micromeris Engelm.; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 260 (1856)
species :
Epithelantha pachyrhiza (W.T.Marshall) Backeb.; Cactus (Paris) 39: 31 (1954), et 40: 60 (1954)
Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo Leon)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Epithelantha micromeris f. elongata (Backeb.) Bravo; Cact. Suc. Mex. 25(3): 65 (1980)
= Epithelantha micromeris subsp. pachyrhiza (W.T.Marshall) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 5: 13 (1998)
= Epithelantha micromeris var. elongata Backeb.; Cactus (Paris) 40: 62 (1954)
= Epithelantha micromeris var. pachyrhiza W.T.Marshall; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 16: 161 (1944)
= Epithelantha pachyrhiza subsp. elongata (Backeb.) D.Donati & Zanov.; Piante Grasse 30(4): 185 (2010)
= Epithelantha pachyrhiza subsp. parvula D.Donati & Zanov.; Piante Grasse 30(4): 185 (177-178
= Epithelantha pachyrhiza var. elongata Backeb.; Cactus (Paris) 39: 32 (1954)
species :
Epithelantha polycephala Backeb.; Cactus (Paris) 39: 32 (1954), et 40: 62 (1954)
Distribution: Mexico (Coahuila)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Epithelantha greggii subsp. polycephala (Backeb.) D.Donati & Zanov.; Piante Grasse 30(4): 185 (2010)
= Epithelantha micromeris subsp. polycephala (Backeb.) C.E.Glass; Guía Identif. Cact. Amenazadas México [Glass] 1: Ep/mi subsp. polycephala (1998 publ. 1997)
= Epithelantha micromeris var. polycephala (Backeb.) Glass & R.A.Foster; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 50(4): 187 (1978)
species :
Epithelantha potosina (D.Donati & Zanov.) D.Aquino & S.Arias; Syst. Bot. 44(3): 612 (2019)
Distribution: Mexico (San Luis Potosi)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Epithelantha greggii subsp. potosina D.Donati & Zanov.; Piante Grasse 30(4): 186 (2010)
species :
Epithelantha pulchra (D.Donati & Zanov.) D.Aquino & S.Arias; Syst. Bot. 44(3): 612 (2019)
Distribution: Mexico (Nuevo León)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Epithelantha pachyrhiza subsp. pulchra D.Donati & Zanov.; Piante Grasse 30(4): 185 (179-180
species :
Epithelantha spinosior C.Schmoll; Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. Mexico 22 [11], figs. 1 & 2 (1951)
Distribution: Mexico (Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Epithelantha micromeris subsp. unguispina (Boed.) N.P.Taylor; Cactaceae Consensus Init. 5: 12 (1998)
= Epithelantha micromeris var. unguispina (Boed.) Backeb.; Cactus (Paris) 39: 31 (1954)
= Epithelantha unguispina (Boed.) D.Donati & Zanov.; Piante Grasse 30(4): 186 (2010)
= Mammillaria micromeris var. unguispina Boed.; Monatsschr. Deutsch. Kakteen-Ges. 4: 118 (1932)
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