Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Name:
Ferocactus macrodiscus (Martius) Britton & Rose subsp. macrodiscus,
The Cactaceae 3: 139 (1922)
Alt. Name:
Basionym:
Echinocactus macrodiscus Martius (1832), Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum XVI: 341-342
Synonyms:
Echinocactus macrodiscus Martius (1832: 341-342)
Echinocactus macrodiscus levior Monville (1846: 22) nom. nud.
Echinocactus macrodiscus decolor Monville (1846: 22) nom. nud.
Echinocactus macrodiscus laevior Monville ex Labouret (1853: 197)
Echinocactus macrodiscus decolor Monville ex Labouret (1853: 197)
Echinocactus macrodiscus var. multiflorus Meyer (1914b: 150-154)
Ferocactus macrodiscus var. multiflorus (Meyer) Backeberg et Knuth (1935: 352)
Ferocactus macrodiscus var. oaxacensis Ryutanji (1965: 29)
Ferocactus macrodiscus var. decolor (Monville ex Labouret) Ito (1981: 497) nom. inval. (Art. 33.2 ICBN 1988)
Bisnaga macrodisca (Martius) Doweld (1999: 29)
Type:
Lectotype: Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. 16 (1): 341, t. 26 (1832), plate designated by Taylor in Bradleya 2: 25 (1984) [but can only be used as lectotype without the figure of the flower, which is a heterogenous element and in conflict with the protolog]
Neotype: Lindsay 2607, April 1 1955 DS 374953, Barcode 213770.
Type Locality:
Lectotyp: Probably El Cumbre near Reinoso (Reynoso), about 42 km northeast Cd. Oaxaca.
Neotype: Lindsay 2607, hill just above San Juan de Teposcolula, Oaxaca, about 37 miles south of Huahuapan de Leon, altitude 2550 m.
Distribution:
Mexico, north and central parts of Oaxaca
Altitude:
1700 - 2500 m
Collection No:
Lau1122, Rep.950
Flowering:
Hours:
4 - 8, Springtime to Summer
Extra Info:
Subgenus Bisnaga (juicy fruit)
Compiler:
Unger, Gottfried / at / 2018.2.15.
