Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Name:
Ferocactus falconeri (Orcutt) Orcutt, Cactography 6. 1926
Alt. Name:
Basionym:
Echinocactus falconeri Orcutt, West. Amer. Sci. 12: 162. 1902
Synonyms:
Ferocactus herrerae Ortega, Mexico Forestal 5 (5-6): 53-55, 1927
Ferocactus wislizeni var. herrerae (Ortega) Taylor, Bradleya 2:34, 1984
Ferocactus wislizeni subsp. herrerae (Ortega) Pilbeam & Bowdery) in Ferocactus: 103. 2005
Ferocactus horridus Hort. (misapplied)
Type:
Part of Holotype: Mo/MBG (New York Botanical Garden ID: 00564068)
4 Isotypes or (?) Syntypes: USNH: ID 00173991 No. 3045112; ID 00117145 No. 3050008; ID 00189966 No. 3051275; ID 00189967 No. 3051277.
Type Locality:
Mexico, Sonora, Batamotal (near Empalme)
Distribution:
Mexico, western parts of Sinaloa, Sonora and Durango
Altitude:
0 - 1200m
Collection No:
SB1867; Rep106;
Flowering:
Extra Info:
A very dark and short spined cultivar is popular in many collections.
Compiler:
Unger, Gottfried / at / 2018. 2.15.
