Sclerocactus

Sclerocactus papyracanthus

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: Sclerocactus
Sectiones: S. sect. Coloradoa – S. sect. Parviflori – S. sect. Sclerocactus – insertae sedis
Species: S. blainei – S. brevihamatus – S. brevispinus – S. cloverae – S. erectocentrus – S. glaucus – S. intertextus – S. johnsonii – S. mariposensis – S. mesae-verdae – S. nyensis – S. papyracanthus – S. parviflorus – S. polyancistrus – S. pubispinus – S. scheeri – S. sileri – S. spinosior – S. unguispinus – S. warnockii – S. wetlandicus – S. whipplei – S. wrightiae

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Sclerocactus 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.

Name

Sclerocactus Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 3: 212. 1922.

• Type species: Sclerocactus polyancistrus (Engelm. & Bigelow) Britton & Rose

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Echinocactus subg. Sclerocactus (Britton & Rose) A.Berger, Kakteen 8: 249. 1929.
  • Ferocactus sect. Sclerocactus (Britton & Rose) N.P.Taylor, Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 41(4): 90. 1979.
  • Pediocactus sect. Sclerocactus (Britton & Rose) Halda, Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 5(1): 14. 1998.
  • Echinomastus Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 3: 147. 1922.
    • Type: Echinomastus erectocentrus (J.M.Coult.) Britton & Rose
  • Papyrocactus Doweld, Phytotaxa 524: 95. (2021)
    • Papyrocactus papyracanthus (Engelm.) Doweld, Phytotaxa 524: 95 (2021)
    • Toumeya Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 3: 91. 1922, nom. illeg. hom. non Tuomeya Harv. (1858).
      • Type: Toumeya papyracantha (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
    • Pediocactus subg. Toumeya (Britton & Rose) Halda, Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 5(1): 17. 1998.
    • Type: Toumeya papyracantha (Engelm.) Britton & Rose}}
  • Ancistrocactus Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 4: 3. 1923.
    • Type: Ancistrocactus megarhizus (Rose) Britton & Rose
    • Ferocactus subg. Ancistrocactus (Britton & Rose) N.P.Taylor, Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 41(4): 90. 1979.
      • Type: Ancistrocactus megarhizus Britton & Rose}}
• Heterotypic
  • Echinocactus [infragen. unranked] Megarhizi Vaupel in Engl. (ed.), Nat. Pflanzenfam. 21: 623, 628. 1925.
    • Type species: Echinocactus megarhizus Rose
  • Echinocactus [infragen. unranked] Polyancistri Vaupel in Engl. (ed.), Nat. Pflanzenfam. 21: 623, 628. 1925.
    • Type species: Echinocactus polyancistrus Engelm.
  • Echinocactus ser. Gymnanthi A.Berger, Kakteen: 8: 249. 1929, p.p.
    • Type species: non design.
  • Echinocactus ser. Hamati Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1849: 28, 151, 152. 1850, p.p.
    • Type species: non design.
  • Echinocactus ser. Lepidanthi A.Berger, Kakteen: 7: 235. 1929, p.p.
    • Type species: non design.
  • Echinocactus subg. Ancistrocactus K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt., 292, 334. 1898.
    • Type species: Echinocactus uncinatus Galeotti
  • Glandulicactus Backeb., Blätt. Kakteenf. 1938(6): [18; 10, 13, 25]. 1938.
    • Hamatocactus subg. Glandulicactus (Backeb.)
    • Type species: Glandulicactus uncinatus (Galeotti ex Pfeiff.) Backeb. Buxb. in Krainz, Die Kakteen (25) CVIIIb: [4-5]. (1 Nov) 1963, nom. illeg.
  • Mammillaria [infragen. unranked] Albiflorae Engelm., Syn. Cact. U. S. 8. 1856, nom. inval.
    • Type species: Mammillaria papyracantha Engelm.
  • Roseia Frič, Zivot v Prirode 29(1): 15 (fig), & 29(7): 9. 1925, nom. illeg. non Rosea Mart. (1826).
    • Type species: Roseia castanedae Frič
  • Coloradoa Boissev. & C.Davidson, Colorado Cact.: 54. 1940 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
    • Type species: Coloradoa mesae-verdae Boissev. & C.Davidson

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• 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: 212.

Additional references

• Doweld, A.B. 2001. The genus Ancistrocactus Britton & Rose. Phylogenetic relationships and classification [Il genere Ancistrocactus Britton & Rose. Relazione filogenetiche e classificazione]. Cactus & Co. 5(2): 62–102. Reference page. 
• Doweld, A.B. & Greuter, W. 2001. Nomenclatural notes on Ancistrocactus (Cactaceae). Taxon 50(3): 875–878. DOI: 10.2307/1223716 Reference page. 
• 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. Sclerocactus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov. 23. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Sclerocactus 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. Sclerocactus. Published online. Accessed: Mar 26 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Sclerocactus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Mar 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Sclerocactus. 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. 
• 'eFloras 2008. Ancistrocactus in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
• eFloras 2008. Sclerocactus in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sclerocactus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Fishhook Cactus
suomi: Kynsikaktukset
lietuvių: Standenis
svenska: Sklerokaktussläktet

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