Sclerocactus cloverae

Taxonavigation

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

Sclerocactus cloverae K.D.Heil & J.M.Porter, 1994

The name refers to Elzada Urseba Clover who conducted field studies in the Colorado River area in 1941

Pediocactus cloverae (K.D.Heil & J.M.Porter) Halda
Pediocactus cloverae subsp. brackii (K.D.Heil & J.M.Porter) Halda
Sclerocactus cloverae subsp. brackii K.D.Heil & J.M.Porter
Sclerocactus whipplei subvar. aztecia Hochstätter
Sclerocactus whipplei subsp. cloverae (K.D.Heil & J.M.Porter) Hochstätter
Sclerocactus whipplei subsp. heilii (Castetter, P.Pierce & K.H.Schwer.) D.R.Hunt
Sclerocactus whipplei var. heilii Castetter, P.Pierce & K.H.Schwer.
Sclerocactus whipplei var. reevesii Castetter, P.Pierce & K.H.Schwer.

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Soythgern Central USA Colorado, New Mexico References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Allred, K.W. (2012). Flora Neomexicana, ed. 2, 1: 1-599. Range Science Herbarium, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
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 cloverae 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 cloverae 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 cloverae. Published online. Accessed: Mar 26 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Sclerocactus cloverae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Mar 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Sclerocactus cloverae. 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. Sclerocactus cloverae in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

English: Brack's cactus, Clover's fishhook cactus