Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Name:
Sclerocactus glaucus (K.Sch.) L. Benson, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 38: 53, March 20. 1966
Alt. Name:
Basionym:
Echinocactus glaucus J.A. Purpus, Monatsschrift für Kakteenkunde 5: 106 (1895) nom. nud.
Echinocactus glaucus K. Sch. Gesamtbeschreibung, 438-439 (1898)
Synonyms:
Echinocactus whipplei Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow var. glaucus (K. Sch.) J.A. Purpus, Mitt. Deutsche Dendrol. Ges. 1925: 50
Ferocactus glaucus (K. Sch..) N.P.Taylor Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 41: 90 (1979)
Pediocactus glaucus (K. Sch. ) Arp. Cact Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 44: 221 (1972)
Sclerocactus franklinii J.W. Evans Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 11:74 (1939)
Sclerocactus whipplei var. glaucus (K.Sch.) S.L. Welsh, Great Basin Naturalist 44: 68 (1984)
Type:
Syntypes: Purpus 60a, 61, 64 from Dry Creek and Purpus 62 from Gummison (=Gunnison), originally deposited at the Berlin Museum, were destroyed during World War II.
Lectotype: Benson, Adobes am Dry Creek, Mesa Grande, Delta Co. Höhe über dem Meer 5-6000´, C.A. Purpus, Juni 1882, F357488.
Type Locality:
USA, Colorado, Mesa Grande, Dry Creek, 1800m
Distribution:
USA, Colorado, Utah
Altitude:
1350-2000m
Collection No:
Flowering:
Extra Info:
Compiler:
Frohning, Hans / de / 2019.02.19.
