Epithelantha

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cacteae
Genus:
Species: E. bokei – E. cryptica – E. greggii – E. ilariae – E. micromeris – E. pachyrhiza – E. polycephala – E. potosina – E. pulchra – E. spinosior

Epithelantha F.A.C.Weber ex Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 3: 92 (1922)

• Type species: Epithelantha micromeris (Engelm.) Britton & Rose}} (1922)

• Heterotypic
  • Cephalomamillaria Frič in in Život v Přír. 29: 9. (1925) syn. sec. Aquino 2021
    • Type: Cephalomamillaria micromeris (Engelm.) Frič

• Weber, F.A.C. in Britton & Rose, 1922. The Cactaceae 3: 92

• Aquino, D., Cervantes, R.C., Gernandt, D.S. & Arias, S. 2019. Species delimitation and phylogeny of Epithelantha (Cactaceae). Systematic Botany 44(3): 600-615. DOI: 10.1600/036364419X15620113920635 Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2001. World Checklist of Seed Plants. Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919 [unavailable to the public]. Reference page. 
• Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1922. The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family. Vol. 3. 255 pp. + 23 pl. Carnegie Institution of Washington. BHL PDF Reference page. : 3: 92.
• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page. 

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Epithelantha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 13. Reference page. 
• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Epithelantha in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Epithelantha. Published online. Accessed: Mar 13 2021. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Epithelantha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Mar 2021. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Epithelantha. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 13. Reference page. 
• eFloras 2008. Epithelantha in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Epithelantha in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

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