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Cactaceae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Browningieae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Cacteae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Cereeae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Hylocereae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Hylocereeae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Notocacteae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Pachycereeae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Rhipsalideae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Trichocereae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Trichocereeae

Subfamily Maihuenioideae

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Austrocylindropuntieae

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Cylindropuntieae

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Opuntieae

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Tephrocacteae

Subfamily Pereskioideae
Tribe Pereskieae

W/C = Wild Collected
Epithelantha micromeris ssp. micromeris F.A.C.Weber

  • Query IPNI
  • Common Name: Button Cactus, Mulatto, Tapone
  • Family: Cactaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: near Belen, NM, USA (northernmost known population of species)
  • Habitat: Among broken limestone in arid, high-altitude desert

  • Description: Believed by the Tarahumara to impart longevity, as well as the ability to see sorcerers and to run quickly (E.F. Anderson 2001).
  • Culture: occasional lime
Restrictions:

  • CITES Appendix II Listed Plant
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200800157
  • Source: Mesa Gardens (seed)
  • Provenance: S. Brack 1327, near Belen, NM, USA (northernmost known population of species)
  • Accession Date: 10-06-2008
  • Bench: 2211 - XER:Chihuahuan-Tehuacan Deserts
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 11-19-2009
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Caryophyllales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Cactaceae
  • SubFamily: Cactoideae
  • Tribe: Cacteae
  • SubTribe:
References:

  1. Anderson, E.F., The Cactus Family, Timber Press 2001

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