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Internal ID UUID64400ba3eb698079151220
Scientific name Astrophytum asterias
Authority (Zucc.) Lem.
First published in Cactées: 50. 1868.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Astrophytum asterias var. magnipunctatum Frič in Život v Přír. 29: 15. 1925.
Astrophytum asterias var. multipunctatum Frič in Život v Přír. 29: 9. 1925.
Astrophytum asterias var. nudicarpa Frič in Život v Přír. 29: 15. 1925.
Astrophytum asterias var. nudum Y.Itô Cactaceae: 508. 1981.
Astrophytum asterias var. pubescente Y.Itô Cactaceae: 508. 1981.
Astrophytum asterias var. roseiflorum Frič in Život v Přír. 29: 9. 1925.
Astrophytum asterias var. seminudum Frič in Život v Přír. 29: 9. 1925.
Echinocactus asterias Zucc. in Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Abt. 42: 13. 1845.
Echinocactus asterias var. nudus H.Moeller in Z. Sukkulentenk. 3: 54. 1927.

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Language Common/alternative name
English sanddollar
English sea urchin cactus
English seaurchin starcactus
English star cactus
English star peyote
English sand dollar cactus
Spanish biznaga-algononcillo de estrella
Spanish echinocactus asterias
Arabic صبار نجمي أبيض
Bulgarian звездовиден астрофитум
Catalan cactus oursin
German echinocactus asterias
German cactus oursin
Estonian pisi-tähtkaktus
Persian کاکتوس ستارهای
Finnish korupiispanhattu
French cactus oursin
Lithuanian cactus oursin
Lithuanian tikrasis žvaigždinas
Dutch zeestercactus
Polish echinocactus asterias
Russian Астрофитум астериас
Russian Астрофитум звёздчатый
Slovak astrofyt ježovkový
Swedish cactus oursin
Swedish sjöstjärnekaktus
Swedish stjärnkaktus
Chinese 星叶球
Chinese 星冠
Chinese 星球
Chinese 有星
Chinese 星葉球

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Northeast
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • Texas

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000555029
USDA Plants ASAS6
Tropicos 5102252
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:128907-1
The Plant List kew-2664164
Open Tree Of Life 384274
Observations.org 424253
NCBI Taxonomy 362977
Nature Serve 2.132943
IUCN Red List 40961
IPNI 128907-1
iNaturalist 135434
GBIF 5384219
Freebase /m/04czglc
EPPO ASMAS
EOL 594932
Elurikkus 532512
USDA GRIN 319166
Wikipedia Astrophytum_asterias

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Micropropagation of Opuntia and Other Cacti Species Through Axillary Shoot Proliferation: A Comprehensive Review Bouzroud S, El Maaiden E, Sobeh M, Devkota KP, Boukcim H, Kouisni L, El Kharrassi Y Front Plant Sci 07-Jul-2022
PMCID:PMC9301454
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.926653
PMID:35873968
Fusarium and Neocosmospora Species Associated with Rot of Cactaceae and Other Succulent Plants Kamali-Sarvestani S, Mostowfizadeh-Ghalamfarsa R, Salmaninezhad F, Cacciola SO J Fungi (Basel) 01-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9024871
doi:10.3390/jof8040364
PMID:35448595
Weak population structure and no genetic erosion in Pilosocereus aureispinus: A microendemic and threatened cactus species from eastern Brazil Khan G, Ribeiro PM, Bonatelli IA, Perez MF, Franco FF, Moraes EM PLoS One 09-Apr-2018
PMCID:PMC5890996
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0195475
PMID:29630653
Structure–Function Relationships in Highly Modified Shoots of Cactaceae MAUSETH JD Ann Bot 01-Nov-2006
PMCID:PMC2803597
doi:10.1093/aob/mcl133
PMID:16820405

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