Sclerocactus spinosior

Sclerocactus spinosior

Sclerocactus spinosior

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. Sclerocactus
Species: Sclerocactus spinosior

Name

• Sclerocactus spinosior (Engelm.) D.Woodruff & L.D.Benson, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 48(3): 131. 1976.

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Echinocactus whipplei var. spinosior Engelm., Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 2: 199. 1863.

• Homotypic
  • Echinocactus whipplei f. spinosior (Engelm.) Schelle, Handb. Kakteenkult. 158. 1907
  • Ferocactus spinosior (Engelm.) N.P.Taylor, Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 41(4): 90. 1979.
  • Pediocactus spinosior (Engelm.) Halda, Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 5(1): 16. 1998.
  • Sclerocactus pubispinus var. spinosior (Engelm.) S.L.Welsh, Great Basin Naturalist 44: 67. 1984.
  • Sclerocactus whipplei var. spinosior (Engelm.) Boissev. in Boissev. & Davidson, Colorado Cacti 51-52. 1940.

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Woodruff, D. & Benson, L.D. (1976) Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 48 (3): 131.

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 spinosior 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 spinosior 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 spinosior. Published online. Accessed: Mar 27 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Sclerocactus spinosior. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Mar 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Sclerocactus spinosior. 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 spinosior in Flora of North America . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Vernacular names

English: Engelmann fishhook cactus, desert valley fishhook cactus, spinier devil’s-claw cactus

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