Cactaceae
Espostoa

Espostoa lanata (Kunth) Britton & Rose

First published in Cact. 2: 61 (1920)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Ecuador to Peru. It is a succulent shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Ecuador, Peru

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[0] K000101786 No
Madsen [50224] Ecuador K000101777 No
Hunt; Supthut; Madsen [89133] Ecuador K000275303 No
Hutchison; Wright [4508] Peru K000101782 No
Madsen [75912] Ecuador K000101776 No
Hunt; Supthut; Madsen [89133] Ecuador K000101778 No
Rose, N.J. [18649] Peru K000251557 No
Hutchison [1593] Peru K000101781 No
Hutchison; Wright [6587] Peru K000101780 No
Hutchison [1351] Peru K000101779 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images