Sclerocactus sileri

Sclerocactus sileri

Sclerocactus sileri

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
Sectio: S. sect. Parviflori
Species: Sclerocactus sileri

Name

• Sclerocactus sileri (L.D.Benson) K.D.Heil & J.M.Porter, Haseltonia 2: 39. 1994.

Note

The specific epithet of the species A. L. Siler, who discovered the first plants.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Sclerocactus pubispinus var. sileri L.D.Benson, Cacti Arizona, ed. 3, 23. 179. 1969.

• Homotypic
  • Pediocactus pubispinus subsp. sileri (L.D.Benson) Halda, Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 5(1): 16. 1998.

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Heil, K.D. & Porter, J.M. (1994) Haseltonia: Yearbook of the Cactus and Succulent Journal 2: 39.

Additional references

• Hunt, D. (2016). CITES Cactaceae Checklist, ed. 3: 1-174. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• 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. 

Links

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Sclerocactus sileri 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 sileri 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 sileri. Published online. Accessed: Mar 27 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Sclerocactus sileri. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Mar 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Sclerocactus sileri. 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. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sclerocactus sileri in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.
• eFloras 2008. Sclerocactus sileri in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Vernacular names

English: Siler fishhook cactus, desert valley fishhook cactus

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