Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Name:
Sclerocactus parviflorus Clover & Jotter subsp. parviflorus, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 68: 419 (1941)
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Basionym:
Synonyms:
Echinocactus parviflorus (Clover & Jotter) L.D. Benson, Cacti Ariz. Ed. 2 102. (1950)
Echinocactus parviflorus havasupaiensis (Clover) Benson, The Cacti of Arizona, 102 (1950)
Echinocactus parviflorus v. roseus (Clover) Benson, The Cacti of Arizona 104 (1950)
Ferocactus parviflorus (Clover & Jotter) N.P. Taylor Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 41(4): 90 (1979)
Pediocactus parviflorus (Clover & Jotter) Halda Acta. Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 5(1): 15 (1998)
Sclerocactus contortus K.D. Heil Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 51: 25 (1979)
Sclerocactus havasupaiensis Clover Am. J. Bot.29: 172 (1942)
Sclerocactus havasupaiensis var. roseus Clover Am. J. Bot. 29: 173 (1942)
Sclerocactus parviflorus subsp. macrospermus Hochstätter
Sclerocactus parviflorus subsp. varriflorus Hochstätter
Type:
Holotype Clover & Jotter 2398 MICH, Isotype US2346042
Type Locality:
USA, Arizona, Mouth of Forbidding Canyon in Glen Canyon, above Lee´s Ferry
Distribution:
USA, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah
Altitude:
1000-1500m
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Flowering:
Extra Info:
The distribution is widespread and this species is very variable. Therefore many subspecies have been described and it is doubtfull if any of them is justified. There is also some hybridization between subspecies.
Compiler:
Frohning, Hans / de / 2019.02.11.
