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Cactus missourensis (Sweet) Kuntze
Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 259. 1891 [5 Nov 1891]
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Escobaria missouriensis (Sweet) D.R.Hunt
Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 40(1): 13 (1978) Remarks: sp. nov. for Cactus mammillaris sensu Nuttall (Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 295. 1818), non Linnaeus (1753)

Cactus missourensis (Escobaria missouriensis) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
It is one of the most hardy cacti ( to –35°C ) and grows up to the border of Canada (it survives even in Scandinavia, Northern Europe, and without any protection at all).

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Escobaria missouriensis (Sweet) D.R.Hunt
Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 40(1): 13 (1978) Remarks: sp. nov. for Cactus mammillaris sensu Nuttall (Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 295. 1818), non Linnaeus (1753)
Synonymy: 54
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Escobaria missouriensis group



6621 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Cactus missourensis (Escobaria missouriensis) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
6620 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
RP81 Montrose County, Colorado, USA (Escobaria missouriensis) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

6623 cactus-art Cactus Art
Cactus missourensis (Escobaria missouriensis) Photo by: Cactus Art
6624 cactus-art Cactus Art
Cactus missourensis (Escobaria missouriensis) Photo by: Cactus Art

6625 cactus-art Cactus Art
Cactus missourensis (Escobaria missouriensis) Photo by: Cactus Art
30684 cpif Peiffer Clement
Cactus missourensis (Escobaria missouriensis) Photo by: Peiffer Clement


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