Group: Dicot Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Bayer, 2nd, B, 210

Authors:

Britton, Nathaniel Lord
Rose, Joseph Nelson

Published In: The Cactaceae; descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family 3: 218–219. 1922. (12 Oct 1922) (Cact.)

Type-Protologue

Locality: The material upon which this species is based was obtained from Dr. Leo Zehntner, who procured it at Sentocé, Bahia, Brazil

Collector and Number: Leo Zehntner s.n.

Distribution: Brazil

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Caryophyllanae Takht.
• order:  !Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
• family:  !!Cactaceae Juss.
• genus:  !Discocactus Pfeiff.

Conservation Status:

• CITES Appendix I - Threatened with extinction, trade only in exceptional circumstances - Global
  • Reference UNEP WCMC. 2003. Checkl. CITES Sp. 1–339. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge.
  • Conservation System UNEP WCMC. 2003. Checkl. CITES Sp. 1–339. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge.

Other names for this basionym:

Echinocactus zehntneri (Britton & Rose) Luetzelb.

Projects: VPA

Keywords: JCS