Echinocactus horizonthalonius

Echinocactus horizonthalonius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cacteae
Genus: Echinocactus
Species: Echinocactus horizonthalonius

Name

Echinocactus horizonthalonius Lem., Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov. 19 (1839).

Synonyms

• Meyerocactus horizonthalonius (Lem.) Doweld in Succulenta (Netherlands) 75(6): 271. 1996 syn. sec. Guzmán Cruz & al. 2003
• Echinocactus horizonthalonius subsp. horizonthalonius syn. sec. ???
  • Echinocactus equitans Scheidw. in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 6: 88. 1839 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Echinocactus horizontalis C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 327. 1846 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1922
  • Echinocactus pachycornis Muehlenpf. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 14: 371. 1846 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Echinocactus horizonthalonius var. curvispinus Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 146. 1850 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Echinocactus horizonthalonius f. curvispinus (Salm-Dyck) Schelle, Handb. Kakteenkult.: 146. 1907 syn. sec. Tropicos
  • Echinocactus horizonthalonius var. centrispinus Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 276. 1856 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Echinocactus horizonthalonius f. centrispinus (Engelm.) Schelle, Kakteen: 186. 1926 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Echinocactus laticostatus Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Pacif. Railr. Rep. Parke, Bot. 4: 32. 1857 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Echinocactus horizonthalonius var. obscurispinus Rud.Mey. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 21: 181. 1911 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Echinocactus horizonthalonius f. obscurispinus (Rud.Mey.) Schelle, Kakteen: 186. 1926 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Echinocactus horizonthalonius var. equitans Schmoll in Cat. 1947 syn. sec. WFO 2019
  • Echinocactus horizonthalonius var. laticostatus Schmoll in Cat. 1947 syn. sec. WFO 2019
  • Echinocactus horizonthalonius var. subikii Staník & Dráb in Cactaceae etc. 8(1): 8. 1998 syn. sec. Tropicos
  • Echinocactus horizonthalonius subsp. jarmilae Halda & Horáček in Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat., 7: 34. 2000 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Echinocactus horizonthalonius subsp. diabolicus Halda, L.Vacek & Vaško in Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat., 13: 1. 2006 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Note:

• Echinocactus horizonthalonius subsp. diabolicus Halda, L.Vacek & Vaško may represent a hybrid between this species and Echinocactus platyacanthus Link & Otto (Vasko (2005-2015).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest Regional: Southern Central USA Arizona, New Mexico, Texas References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lemaire, C. 1839. Cactearum Genera Nova Speciesque Novae et omnium in Horto monvilliano cultarum ex affinitatibus naturalibus ordinatio nova indexque methodicus. Lutetiis-Parisiorum. 115 pp. BHL Reference page. : 19

Additional references

• Vasko, Z. (2005-2015) Echinocactus horizonthalonius × platyacanthus in Rare Cati.
• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 
• Hernández, H.M. & Gómez-Hinostrosa, C. (2015). Mapping the cacti of Mexico part II. Mammillaria Succulent Plant Research 9: 1-189.
• 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. 

Links

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Echinocactus horizonthalonius in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 14. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Echinocactus horizonthalonius 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. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Echinocactus horizonthalonius. Published online. Accessed: Mar 13 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Echinocactus horizonthalonius. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Mar 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Echinocactus horizonthalonius. 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. 
• LLIFLE - Encyclopedia of living forms 2013-2015. Echinocactus horizonthalonius in LLIFLE. Published on internet. Accessed: 2015 Apr 09.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Echinocactus horizonthalonius in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.
• eFloras 2008. Echinocactus horizonthalonius in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Vernacular names

English: devilshead, turk's head cactus, blue barrel cactus, eagle's claw

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