Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Name:
Ferocactus robustus (Pfeiffer) Britton & Rose
The Cactaceae 3: 135 - 136 22)
Alt. Name:
Basionym:
Echinocactus robustus hort. berol. ex Pfeiffer Enum. Cact.: 61, 181 (1837)
Echinocactus robustus Pfeiffer Nov. Act. Nat. Cur.: t. 16, fig. 3 (1839)
Synonyms:
Echinocactus robustus Otto Allg. Gartenz. 1: 364 (1833) nom. nud.
Echinocactus robustus Lehmann ex Salm-Dyck (1834: 376) nom. nud.
Echinocactus spectabilis hort. ex Pfeiffer (1837a: 61) nom. nud.
Echinocactus subuliferus hort. ex Pfeiffer (1837a: 61) nom. nud.
Echinocactus robustus prolifer Pfeiffer Enum. Cact.: 61 (1837)
Echinocactus agglomeratus Karw. ex Salm-Dyck (1834: 376) nom. nud.
Echinocactus robustus monstrosus Pfeiffer (1837a: 61)
Echinocactus agglomeratus Karw. ex Zuccarini (1837: 726-727)
Echinofossulocactus robusta (Pfeiffer) Lawrence (1841: 318)
Echinocactus agglomeratus robustus prolifer Mittler (1844: 40) nom. nud.
Echinocactus agglomeratus spiralis Mittler (1844: 40) nom. nud.
Echinocactus robustus brevispinus H.bohem. ex Seitz (1870: 9) nom. nud.
Echinocactus robustus flavispinus Linke ex Ferd. Haage jun. Cact. Cult. (1892: 111) nom. nud.
Ferocactus validus Schmoll (1947:.catalog) nom. nud.
Ferocactus validus Ito (1954:439)
Ferocactus validus f. aureovariegatus hort. ex Ito (1981: 496) nom. nud.
Type:
Lectotype: Pfeiffer Nov. Act. Nat. Cur.: t. 16, fig. 3 (1839)
Neotype: Lindsay 2058 (1951.9.4.) (DS 374962, Barcode 213771)
Type Locality:
Neotype: Mexico: Puebla: Zapotitlán de Salinas, near Tehuacán
Distribution:
Mexico: Puebla: Tlacotepec, Tecamachalco, Colonia San Martin, Cacaloapan, Azumbilla, borderland to Oxaca: Chazumba and to Veracruz: Cd. Mendoza
Altitude:
1600 – 2500m
Collection No:
Rep93, 109; Lau1417
Flowering:
Hours:
March to September (scarce)
Extra Info:
Only 8 ribs. ceaspitose species.
Compiler:
Unger, Gottfried / at / 2018.3.17.
