Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Name:
Ferocactus pottsii (Salm-Dyck) Backeberg
Die Cactaceae 5: 2738 – 2739 (1961)
Alt. Name:
Basionym:
Echinocactus pottsii Salm–Dyck, Allgemeine Gartenzeitung 18 (50): 395 – 396 (1850)
Synonyms:
Echinocactus pottsii Schur ex Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1849: 35 (1850) pro syn. (IK)
Ferocactus alamosanus var. platygonus Lindsay Cact. Succ. J. (US): 139 (1942) nom. inval. [erron. comb. for two types of different Species and different Subgenus]
Ferocactus guirocobensis Schwarz ex Backeberg
Die Cactaceae 5: 2743 (1961) nom. nud.
Ferocactus platygonus (Lindsay) Lindsay ex Backeberg
Die Cactaceae 5: 2741 (1961) nom. inval. (ICBN Art.33.2, 34.1a, 1988)
Ferocactus pottsii var. alamosanus (Britton & Rose) Unger Kakt. and. Sukk. 22 (10): 187 (1971) nom. inval. [erron. comb. for two types of different Species and different Subgenus]
Type:
Neotype: Bool & Lindsay, 1940.4. 20. No. 283190 (DS)
Topotype: Lindsay, cult. at DBG # 3571, Barcode DES00001879, March 1939 (DES)
Type Locality:
Mexico, Sonora, Guirocoba Ranch, 50 km east of Alamos
Distribution:
South-west Chihuahua, south-east Sonora, north Sinaloa
Altitude:
1000 – 1800m
Collection No:
Lau1257; Rep534, 1589
Flowering:
Hours:
Spring to autumn (in southern locations the earlier flowering).
Extra Info:
Compiler:
Unger, Gottfried / at / 2018.3.17.
