Astrophytum myriostigma potosinum

Description and meaning of the name

A historical name associated with treatments of plants from San Luis Potosí. POWO places the corresponding botanical name among synonyms of the nominate subspecies. The atlas retains it as an alias and information for reading old lists. The epithet alone does not replace locality data for a specimen. [2-WWW] [Anonim b.d.w] [Montanucci and Kleszewski 2021]

Cultivation and documentation

The A. myriostigma profile applies. [2-WWW] [Anonim b.d.w] [Montanucci and Kleszewski 2021]

Sources for this account

[2-WWW]Source website

Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

https://powo.science.kew.org/

Accepted names, synonyms and distribution. A citation beside a taxon leads to its record.

Accessed 2026-10-08.

Unpublished materialb.d.w

Species and varieties

[Autor nieustalony, Species and varieties, b.d.w]

Material from Konrad Szychowski's private archive covers species and varieties in a historical comparison. Document date remains undetermined.

GenusAstrophytum

Bibliographic details and access scope

Data according to the source used. Author unknown. n.d. indicates that the publication date has not been confirmed.

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Article2021

Taxonomic history, comparative morphology, and variation in Astrophytum myriostigma and its subspecies tulense (Cactaceae)

Montanucci R. R., Kleszewski K. P., Taxonomic history, comparative morphology, and variation in Astrophytum myriostigma and its subspecies tulense (Cactaceae), Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 2021, 15(2):327-341, doi: 10.17348/jbrit.v15.i2.1152

The authors compare morphology of Astrophytum myriostigma and plants treated as tulense. They analyse rib number, stem proportions and historical name treatments, among other features.

GenusAstrophytum

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