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Taxon: Espostoopsis dybowskii (Rol.-Goss.) Buxb.

Genus: Espostoopsis
Family: Cactaceae subfamily: Cactoideae tribe: Trichocereeae.
Nomen number: 410710
Place of publication: Kakteen 38/39: Gen. CVa. 1968
Name verified on: 09-May-1998 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 29-Aug-2003
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

SPECIES OF CONSERVATION CONCERN BECAUSE RARE OR ENDANGERED

Species on the following lists:


Common names:


Economic importance:

  • Environmental: ornamental   (fide Zander ed14, as Austrocephalocereus dybowskii)

Distributional range:

Native:
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Brazil: Brazil - Bahia [n.]

References:

  • Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family. (Cact Fam)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14) [= Austrocephalocereus dybowskii (Rol.-Goss.) Backeb.].
  • Hunt, D. 1992. CITES Cactaceae checklist. (CITES Cact L)
  • Taylor, N. & D. Zappi. 2004. Cacti of eastern Brazil. (Cact EBrazil)
More:

Synonyms:


Check other databases for Espostoopsis dybowskii (Rol.-Goss.) Buxb.:

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?410710 (21 November 2009)

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