Escontria chiotilla

Escontria chiotilla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Echinocereeae
Genus: Escontria
Species: Escontria chiotilla

Name

Escontria chiotilla (F.A.C.Weber) Rose, 1906

Synonyms

• Cereus chiotilla F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 83. 1897 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
• Myrtillocactus chiotilla (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) P.V.Heath in Calyx 2(3): 105. 1992 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
  • Myrtillocactus chiotilla f. spiralis P.V.Heath in Calyx 2: 105. 1992 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Central & SW. Mexico. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Rose, J.N., 1906. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. Smithsonian Institution 10:126.

Additional references

• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page. 

Links

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Escontria chiotilla in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 15. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Escontria chiotilla in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Escontria chiotilla. Published online. Accessed: Dec 15 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Escontria chiotilla. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 15 Dec 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Escontria chiotilla. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 15. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Escontria chiotilla in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Chiotilla
English: Chiotilla, Jiotilla
español: Chiotillo
svenska: Chiotillakaktus

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