Pediocactus bradyi

Pediocactus bradyi

Pediocactus bradyi

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: Pediocactus
Species: Pediocactus bradyi

Name

Pediocactus bradyi L.D.Benson, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 34: 19 (1962).

Note

The specific epithet honors the geologist and botanist Lionel Francis Brady, who discovered the first plants on the Colorado River while searching for fossils.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Pediocactus simpsonii subsp. bradyi (L.D.Benson) Halda, Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 5: 13 (1998).
  • Puebloa bradyi (L.D.Benson) Doweld, Tsukkulenty 2(1): 22 (1999).
  • Toumeya bradyi (L.D.Benson) Earle, Cacti Southw.: 97 (1963).
  • Pediocactella bradyi (L.D.Benson) Doweld

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Pediocactus bradyi Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Benson, L.D. 1962: Cactus and Succulent Journal 34: 19, figs. 13-14.

Additional references

• 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. Pediocactus bradyi in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov. 13. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pediocactus bradyi in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pediocactus bradyi. Published online. Accessed: Mar 26 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Pediocactus bradyi. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Mar 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Pediocactus bradyi. 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 26. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pediocactus bradyi in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Brady's pincushion cactus, Brady's hedgehog cactus

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