Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Name:
Ferocactus glaucescens (De Candolle) Britton & Rose
The Cactaceae 3: 137; 1922
Alt. Name:
Basionym:
Echinocactus glaucescens De Candolle Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 17: 115 (1829)
Synonyms:
Echinocactus pfeifferi Zucc. ex Pfeiff. in: Enum. Cact.: 58, (1837)
Echinocactus theionacanthus Lemaire in: Cact. Nov. Hort. Mon.: 20, (1838)
Echinocactus theiacanthus Lemaire in: Cact. Gen. Nov. Sp. Nov.: 86, (1839)
Echinofossulocactus pfeifferi (Zuccarini ex Pfeiffer) Lawrence Cat. of Cact.: 318 (1841)
Bisnaga glaucescens (DC.) Orcutt in: Cactography 1: 1, (1926)
Ferocactus glaucescens var. pfeifferi (Zuccarini ex Pfeiffer) Borg Cacti 2ed.: 293 (1951)
Parrycactus glaucescens (DC.) Doweld Novitates Systematicae Plantarum Vascularum 32: 118; (2000.2.20.)
Type:
Neotype: Dudley Herbarium, Stanford University, Lindsay 2611 DS 370681, Barcode 213768. 1956
Type Locality:
Mexico, Hidalgo, 5 miles south of Jacala, limestone boulders and outcrops, 5.000 ft elevation
Distribution:
Mexico, Hidalgo: Toliman, Zimapan, Meztitlan, Jacala; San Luis Potosi: Arroyo Carrizal, Sierra Alvarez, Las Rusias, east of Cd. San Luis Potosi. Queretaro: Villa Hermosa, Bucareli, Jalpan
Altitude:
1000 - 2500 m
Collection No:
Lau1240; Re 50, 299, 353, 1001i, 1144d, 1145b, 1708a, 1907b.
Flowering:
Hours:
3 -4, Early Springtime
Extra Info:
Subgenus Bisnaga (juicy fruits). A spineless form is known. Some individuals are self-fertile, others self-sterile.
Compiler:
Unger, Gottfried / at / 2018.2.15.
