Thelocactus macdowellii

Thelocactus macdowellii

Thelocactus macdowellii

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 macdowellii

Name

Thelocactus macdowellii (Rebut ex Quehl) W.T.Marshall, 1947

Note

The epithet of the species honors the Mexican gardener and plant collector José Alberto McDowell.

Synonyms

• Echinocactus macdowellii Orcutt
• Echinocactus macdowellii Rebut ex Quehl
• Echinomastus macdowellii (Orcutt) Britton & Rose
• Neolloydia macdowellii (Rebut ex Quehl) H.E.Moore
• Neolloydia mcdowellii (Rebut ex Quehl) H.E.Moore
• Thelocactus conothelos var. macdowellii (W.T.Marshall) Glass & R.B.Foster

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Marshall, W.T. (1947) Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain 9: 28

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 macdowellii in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 26. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Thelocactus macdowellii 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 macdowellii. Published online. Accessed: Mar 28 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Thelocactus macdowellii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 Mar 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Thelocactus macdowellii. 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. 

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