- Family:
- Cactaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Astrophytum Lem.
Astrophytum asterias (Zucc.) Lem.

Native to:
Mexico Northeast, Texas
- Astrophytum asterias var. magnipunctatum Fric
- Astrophytum asterias var. multipunctatum Fric
- Astrophytum asterias var. nudicarpa Fric
- Astrophytum asterias var. nudum Y.Itô
- Astrophytum asterias var. pubescente Y.Itô
- Astrophytum asterias var. roseiflorum Fric
- Astrophytum asterias var. seminudum Fric
- Echinocactus asterias Zucc.
- Echinocactus asterias var. nudus H.Moeller
Astrophytum asterias (Zucc.) Lem. appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Cactées: 50 (1868)
Accepted by
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
- Hernández, H.M. & Gómez-Hinostrosa, C. (2015). Mapping the cacti of Mexico part II. Mammillaria Succulent Plant Research 9: 1-189.
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Hernández, H.M. & Gómez-Hinostrosa, C. (2015). Mapping the cacti of Mexico part II. Mammillaria Succulent Plant Research 9: 1-189.
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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