Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Name:
Ferocactus acanthodes subsp. lecontei (Engelmann) Lodé Suppl. Cact. Avent. Int. 98: 4 (2013)
Alt. Name:
Ferocactus × lecontei (Engelmann) Britton et Rose (pro sp.) Unger Kugelkakt. Nordamer.: 225 (1992)
Basionym:
Echinocactus lecontei Engelmann Syn. Cact. US.: 18 (1856)
Synonyms:
Echinocactus lecontei Engelmann Proc. Amer. Acad. 3: 274 (1856) nom. prov.
Echinocactus lecontei Engelmann & Bigelow Descr. Cact.: 29 – 30 (1856)
Echinocactus wislizeni lecontei (Engelmann) Engelmann(1878: 128)
Echinocactus lecontei var. hagei Quehl (1894: 144) nom. nud.
Echinocactus wislizeni var. albispina Toumey (1895: 154)
Echinocactus lecontei albispinus Walton (1898: 57) nom. nud.
Echinocactus wislizeni var. albus Heese (1907: 118) nom. nud.
Ferocactus lecontei (Engelmann) Britton et Rose (1922: 129)
Echinocactus wislizeni hybridus Wbg. ex Schelle (1926: 208) nom. nud.
Echinocactus hert[r]ichii Weinberg (1929: 40)
Ferocactus hertrichii (Weinberg) Kreuzinger (1935: 11)
Thelocactus hertrichii (Weinberg) Borg (1951: 347)
Ferocactus wislizeni var. albispinus (Toumey) Ito (1952: 105)
Ferocactus acanthodes var. lecontei (Engelmann) Lindsay (1955: 169)
Ferocactus cylindraceus var. lecontei (Engelmann) Bravo (1980: 65)
Ferocactus cylindraceus subsp. lecontei (Engelmann) Taylor Cact. Cons. Init. 6: 16 (1998)
Ferocactus wislizeni var. ajoensis Fencl & Kalas Kaktusy (Brno) 48 (3): p?íloha 37. 2012 [15 Aug 2012]
Ferocactus wislizeni subsp. ajoensis Fencl & Kalas Bradleya 31: 7. 2013 [31 Aug 2013]
Type:
Holotyp: Bigelow s.n. 1854 (MBG)
Type Locality:
Bill Williams Fork of the Colorado River
Distribution:
USA: South California, Arizona, south Nevada, south-west Utah. Mexico: North Sonora
Altitude:
300 – 1500 m
Collection No:
SB517
Flowering:
Extra Info:
Satisfying taxonomic separation of this variable subspecies is nearly impossible. In some regions extensive resemblances with Ferocactus wislizeni as well are present.
Compiler:
Unger, Gottfried / at / 2018.3.10.
