Sclerocactus whipplei

Taxonavigation

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

Sclerocactus whipplei (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 3: 213, pl. 16 (1922).

Echinocactus whipplei Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 271–272. 1856 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
Pediocactus whipplei (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Arp in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 44(5): 222. 1972 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
Ferocactus whipplei (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) N.P.Taylor in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 41: 90. 1979 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
- Echinocactus whipplei var. nanus S.A.Mori in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 10: 119. 1900 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Sclerocactus whipplei var. pygmaeus Peebles in Leafl. W. Bot. 5(12): 192. 1949 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
- Sclerocactus parviflorus var. blessingiae W.H.Earle in Saguaroland Bull. 34(3): 29. 1980 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Sclerocactus whipplei subsp. busekii (K.D.Heil & J.M.Porter) Hochstätter in Succulenta (Netherlands) 74(1): 136. 1995 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Pediocactus whipplei subsp. busekii (Hochstätter) Halda in Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat., 5: 17. 1998 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Native distribution areas:
Sclerocactus whipplei Continental: Northern America Regional: Southern Central USA Arizona, Utah References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
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.

Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Sclerocactus whipplei in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 24. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Sclerocactus whipplei in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Sclerocactus whipplei. Published online. Accessed: Mar 27 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Sclerocactus whipplei. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Mar 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Sclerocactus whipplei. 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 27. Reference page.
eFloras 2008. Sclerocactus whipplei in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sclerocactus whipplei in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

English: Whipple's fishhook cactus

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