Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Name:
Ferocactus viridescens subsp. orcuttii (Engelmann ex Orcutt) F. Wolf & R. Wolf The Ferocacti of Baja California: 218; 2004
Alt. Name:
Basionym:
Echinocactus orcuttii Engelmann ex Orcutt, West Amer. Sci. 2:46; 1886
Synonyms:
Echinocactus limitus Engelm. ex J. M. Coult., Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb.3:374; 1896
Ferocactus orcuttii (Engelmann) Britton & Rose,
The Cactaceae 3: 134, 1922
Ferocactus viridescens var. orcuttii (Engelmann ex Orcutt) Ryutanji (1965:8) nom. inval.
Ferocactus orcuttii var. flavispinus Ryutanji (1965:9) nom. inval.
Ferocactus viridescens var. orcuttii (Engelmann ex Orcutt) Unger; Kugelkakt. Nordamer.: 105. 1992
Type:
Holotype in Missouri Botanical Garden (MO), Orcutt 641, Valle de Las Palmas, 1883.6.3. BC.
The original description is attended with a wood engraving by Albert Blanc.
A specimen cited as part of type is: No. 205892 (UC) University of California, Palm Valley, no collector, 1885.4.10.
Possible isotypes are No. 00564045, Orcutt, Palm Valley, 1883.5.30. and No. 00564051, Orcutt, Palm Valley, 1883.5.25. New York Botanical Garden (NBG)
Type Locality:
Valle de Las Palmas, Baja California
Distribution:
More inland and higher regions of the northern part of Baja California . Valley de Testerazo, Canyon el Alamo, north west La Misión.
Altitude:
150 - 1200m
Collection No:
Lindsay2173
Flowering:
Hours:
4 - 7, Springtime to early Summer
Extra Info:
Larger plants, more cylindrical, in all parts darker maroon or brownish red and often resembling Ferocactus acanthodes.
Compiler:
Unger, Gottfried / at / 2018.2.24.
