Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Name:
Ferocactus alamosanus (Britton & Rose) Britton & Rose,
The Cactaceae 3: 137; (1922)
Alt. Name:
Basionym:
Echinocactus alamosanus Britton & Rose, Contr.U. S. Natl. Herb. 16 (7): 239; (1913)
Synonyms:
Ferocactus alamosanus var. platygonus Lindsay Cact. Succ. J. (US): 139 (1942) nom. inval. [erron. comb. for two types of different Species and different Subgenus, a misapplied name]
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, a misapplied name]
Parrycactus alamosanus (Britton et Rose) Doweld Succulents bilingual 3: 36, (2000)
Type:
Rose, Standley & Russel 12850, No. 535974, Barcode 00115599, (US), United States National Herbarium (USNH) 1910.3.18.
Type Locality:
Mexico, Sonora, Alamos Mountains
Distribution:
Mexico, borderland of Chihuahua, Sonora, Sinaloa
Altitude:
350 - 1500 m
Collection No:
Flowering:
Extra Info:
Subgenus Bisnaga. Flower, juicy fruit and seed very similar to Ferocactus schwarzii. Juvenile plants of both species are barely different.
Compiler:
Unger, Gottfried / at / 2018.2.15.
