Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Name:
Ferocactus echidne var. rhodanthus Unger Kakt. and. Sukk. 54 (6): 141 - 142 [2003]
Alt. Name:
Basionym:
Synonyms:
Ferocactus rhodanthus F. Schwarz ex Backeberg, nom. inval. Das Kakteenlexikon: 157, [1966]
Ferocactus rhodanthus F. Schwarz ex Hirao, nom. inval. Colour Encyclopaedia of Cacti: 13, fig. 41 [1979]
Type:
Holotype: Reppenhagen 1939 (MEXU) [1983.3.28]
Isotypus: Reppenhagen 1939 (WU) [1983.3.28.]
Two photos of the collected type specimen (cultivated before its conservation) in: Unger Groß. Kugelkakt. Nordamer. fig. 261, 262 [1992]
Type Locality:
Mexico: Hidalgo, between San Pedro Gilo and San Miguel Almolón
Distribution:
Mexico: Hidalgo: Barranca de Tolantongo, San Luis Potosí: near Cd. del Maiz; Barranca Xilitla, Queretaro: Mazcazintla
Altitude:
1400 – 1520 m
Collection No:
Rep1939, TH888
Flowering:
Hours:
4 - 8, Springtime and Summertime
Extra Info:
Subgenus Bisnaga (fruit juicy)
Compiler:
Unger, Gottfried / at / 2018.2.15.
