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Internal ID UUID64401a05bd545037246122
Scientific name Epithelantha bokei
Authority L.D.Benson
First published in in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 185. 1969.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Epithelantha micromeris var. bokei (L.D.Benson) Glass & R.A.Foster in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 50: 185. 1978.
Epithelantha micromeris subsp. bokei (L.D.Benson) U.Guzmán in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 17. 2003.

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Language Common/alternative name
English pingpong-ball cactus
English boke's button cactus
Spanish biznaga-blanca de boquillas
Spanish epithelantha micromeris var. bokei
Swedish tättaggig knappkaktus
Chinese 月世界
Chinese 小人帽子

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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-0000670352
USDA Plants EPBO
Tropicos 5100134
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:92858-2
Open Tree Of Life 493248
NCBI Taxonomy 130117
IUCN Red List 152453
IPNI 92858-2
iNaturalist 325046
GBIF 3944922
Freebase /m/0j43b6x
USDA GRIN 400591
Wikipedia Epithelantha_bokei

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Cactus: a medicinal food Shetty AA, Rana MK, Preetham SP J Food Sci Technol 16-Jul-2011
PMCID:PMC3550841
doi:10.1007/s13197-011-0462-5
PMID:24082263

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