Thelocactus bicolor

Thelocactus bicolor

Thelocactus bicolor

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: Thelocactus
Species: Thelocactus bicolor
Subspecies: T. b. subsp. bicolor – T. b. subsp. bolaensis – T. b. subsp. flavidispinus – T. b. subsp. heterochromus – T. b. subsp. schwartzii

Name

Thelocactus bicolor (Galeotti ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 49: 251 (1922).

Synonyms

• Echinocactus bicolor Galeotti ex Pfeiff., Abbild. Beschr. Cact. 2: t. 25. 1848 syn. sec. ???
• Ferocactus bicolor (Galeotti ex Pfeiff.) N.P.Taylor in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 41: 30. 1979 syn. sec. ???
  • Echinocactus rhodophthalmus Hook. in Bot. Mag. 76: t. 4486. 1850 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1923
  • Echinocactus rhodophthalmus var. ellipticus Hook. in Bot. Mag. 78: t. 4634. 1852 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1923
  • Echinocactus ellipticus Lem. in Jard. Fleur. 3: 270. 1853 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1923
  • Echinocactus bicolor var. schottii Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 277. 1856 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Echinocactus bicolor var. montemorelanus F.A.C.Weber, Dict. Hort. 1: 465. 1896 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Echinocactus bicolor var. tricolor K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 303. 1898 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1923
• Echinocactus tricolor (K.Schum.) Schelle, Handb. Kakteenkult.: 145. 1907 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Echinocactus bicolor f. tricolor (K.Schum.) Schelle, Handb. Kakteenkult.: 145. 1907 syn. sec. Tropicos
• Thelocactus bicolor var. tricolor (K.Schum.) F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 358. 1936 ["1935"] syn. sec. ???
  • Echinocactus schottii Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 814. 1903 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1923
• Thelocactus bicolor var. schottii (Engelm.) Krainz, Kakteen 18: C VIIIb. 1961 syn. sec. Parfitt & Gibson 2003
• Thelocactus schottii (Engelm.) Kladiwa & Fittkau in Krainz, Kakteen 61: C VIIIb. 1975 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Echinocactus wagnerianus A.Berger, Kakteen: 256. 1929 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Thelocactus wagnerianus A.Berger, Kakteen: 256. 1929 syn. sec. Korotkova 2021
• Thelocactus bicolor var. wagnerianus (A.Berger) Krainz, Kakteen 18: C VIIIb. 1961 syn. sec. Hernández & Gómez-Hinostrosa 2011
  • Thelocactus bicolor var. texensis Backeb., Cactaceae 6: 3872. 1962 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Thelocactus bicolor var. commodus R.Haas in Kakteen And. Sukk. 39: 87. 1988 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Thelocactus bicolor subsp. commodus (R.Haas) Doweld in Sukkulenty 2(1): 30. 1999 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Thelocactus bicolor subsp. zwakii Chvastek & Halda in Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat., 7: 38. 2000 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Thelocactus bicolor subsp. swobodae Halda & Horáček in Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat., 9: 73. 2002 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Echinocactus bicolor var. typicus Gürke in Blüh. Kakteen 6: t. 74. 1905, nom. inval., syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast Regional: Southern Central USA Texas 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. : 49: 251.

Additional references

• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 
• Hernández, H.M. & Gómez-Hinostrosa, C. (2015). Mapping the cacti of Mexico part II. Mammillaria Succulent Plant Research 9: 1-189.
• 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. Thelocactus bicolor in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 25. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Thelocactus bicolor in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 28. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Thelocactus bicolor. Published online. Accessed: Mar 28 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Thelocactus bicolor. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Mar 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Thelocactus bicolor. 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 28. Reference page. 
• LLIFLE - Encyclopedia of living forms 2013-2016. Thelocactus bicolor in LLIFLE. Published on internet. Accessed: 2016 Feb 18.

Vernacular names

English: Glory of Texas
español: Biznaga-pezón Bicolor
中文: 大统领

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