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Internal ID UUID64401baf3b007245528897
Scientific name Espostoa lanata
Authority (Kunth) Britton & Rose
First published in Cactaceae 2: 61–63, f. 87–91. 1920.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Cactus lanatus Kunth Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 6: 68. 1823.
Cereus dautwitzii (F.Haage ex Anon.) Orcutt in W. Amer. Sci. 13: 63. 1902.
Cereus lanatus (Kunth) DC. Prodr. 3: 464. 1828.
Cereus lanatus subsp. sericatus (Backeb.) Werderm. in: Backeberg, C., Neue Kakteen: 71. 1931.
Cereus sericatus Backeb. in Monatsschr. Deutsch. Kakteen-Ges. 3: 157. 1931.
Cleistocactus lanatus (Kunth) F.A.C.Weber in: Roland-Gosselin, R., Cleistocactus: 9. 1904.
Espostoa dautwitzii (F.Haage ex Anon.) Borg Cacti: 112. 1937.
Espostoa lanata var. sericata (Backeb.) Backeb. Cactaceae 4: 2529. 1960.
Espostoa laticornua var. atroviolacea Rauh & Backeb. Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 35. 1957.
Espostoa laticornua var. rubens Rauh & Backeb. Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 35. 1957.
Espostoa sericata (Backeb.) Backeb. in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 3: 131. 1932.
Pilocereus dautwitzii F.Haage ex Anon. in Gard. Chron. 1873: 7. 1873.
Oreocereus lanatus (Kunth) Britton & Rose Stand. Cycl. Hort. 4: 2404. 1916.
Pilocereus lanatus (Kunth) F.A.C.Weber Dict. Hort.: 965. 1898.
Cephalocereus dautwitzii (F.Haage ex Anon.) Houghton Cactus: 113. 1930.
Espostoa dautwitzii Backeb. in Möller's Deutsche Gärtn.-Zeitung 46: 187, 207. 1931.
Espostoa lanata f. roseiflora (Madsen & Z.Aguirre) Guiggi in Cactology 5 (Suppl. II): 5. 2016.
Espostoa lanata subsp. roseiflora Madsen & Z.Aguirre in Nordic J. Bot. 23: 24. 2004.
Pilocereus lanatus var. haagei Jostmann in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 21: 25. 1911.

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Language Common/alternative name
English snowball cactus
English cotton ball cactus
English peruvian old man
English snowball old man
Spanish cacto del anciano peruano
Persian کاکتوس سفیدبرفی
Dutch wollige pruikcactus
Chinese 老乐柱
Chinese 白乐翁
Chinese 老乐

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Espostoa lanata subsp. huanucoensis (H.Johnson ex F.Ritter) G.J.Charles in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 14: 15. 2002.
Espostoa lanata subsp. lanata
Espostoa lanata subsp. lanianuligera (F.Ritter) G.J.Charles in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 14: 15. 2002.
Espostoa lanata subsp. ruficeps (F.Ritter) G.J.Charles in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 14: 15. 2002.

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000680868
Tropicos 5101179
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:97828-2
The Plant List kew-2802410
Open Tree Of Life 397185
Observations.org 424928
NCBI Taxonomy 432487
IUCN Red List 151707
IPNI 97828-2
iNaturalist 363436
iNaturalist 363438
GBIF 7279707
EPPO EPOLA
EOL 5182343
Elurikkus 582109
USDA GRIN 15830
Wikipedia Espostoa_lanata

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Plastome variations reveal the distinct evolutionary scenarios of plastomes in the subfamily Cereoideae (Cactaceae) Yu J, Li J, Zuo Y, Qin Q, Zeng S, Rennenberg H, Deng H BMC Plant Biol 08-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC9993602
doi:10.1186/s12870-023-04148-4
PMID:36882685
Biogeographical Relationships and Diversity in the Peruvian Flora Reported by Hipólito Ruiz and José Pavón: Vegetation, Uses and Anthropology Arias-Gámez JM, Linares-Perea E, Vicente-Orellana JA, Galán-de-Mera A Biology (Basel) 13-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9953382
doi:10.3390/biology12020294
PMID:36829570
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
Giant Shoot Apical Meristems in Cacti Have Ordinary Leaf Primordia but Altered Phyllotaxy and Shoot Diameter MAUSETH JD Ann Bot 01-Jul-2004
PMCID:PMC4242377
doi:10.1093/aob/mch121
PMID:15145794

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