Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Name:
Ferocactus viridescens (Torrey & Gray) Britton & Rose subsp. viridescens,
The Cactaceae 3 140
Alt. Name:
Basionym:
Echinocactus viridescens Torrey & Gray, Fl. N. Am. 1:554, 1840
Synonyms:
Melocactus viridescens (Torrey & Gray) Nuttall in Teschemacher, Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5 (2):293- 294, 1845
Type:
Holotype, Nuttal s. n., 1835, British Museum (BM)
Type Locality:
San Diego, California
Distribution:
Southwestern San Diego County, California and northwestern Lower California, Mexico
Altitude:
0 - 1500m
Collection No:
Lindsay2616 (DS, SD) 10 miles south Escondido, San Diego County
Flowering:
Extra Info:
Two infraspecific taxa (orcuttii, littoralis) known
Compiler:
Unger, Gottfried / at / 2018.2.18.
