Sclerocactus
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales |
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| Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cacteae
Genus: Sclerocactus
Sectiones: S. sect. Coloradoa –
S. sect. Parviflori –
S. sect. Sclerocactus – insertae sedis
Species: S. blainei –
S. brevihamatus –
S. brevispinus –
S. cloverae –
S. erectocentrus –
S. glaucus –
S. intertextus –
S. johnsonii –
S. mariposensis –
S. mesae-verdae –
S. nyensis –
S. papyracanthus –
S. parviflorus –
S. pinkavanus –
S. polyancistrus –
S. pubispinus –
S. scheeri –
S. sileri –
S. spinosior –
S. unguispinus –
S. warnockii –
S. wetlandicus –
S. whipplei –
S. wrightiae
Name
Sclerocactus Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 3: 212. (1922)
- Type species: Sclerocactus polyancistrus (Engelm. & Bigelow) Britton & Rose (1922)
Synonyms
- Homotypic
- Echinocactus subg. Sclerocactus (Britton & Rose) A.Berger, Kakteen 8: 249. 1929.
- Ferocactus sect. Sclerocactus (Britton & Rose) N.P.Taylor, Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 41(4): 90. 1979.
- Pediocactus sect. Sclerocactus (Britton & Rose) Halda, Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 5(1): 14. 1998.
- Echinomastus Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 3: 147. 1922.
- Type: Echinomastus erectocentrus (J.M.Coult.) Britton & Rose
- Papyrocactus Doweld, Phytotaxa 524: 95. (2021)
- Papyrocactus papyracanthus (Engelm.) Doweld, Phytotaxa 524: 95 (2021)
- Toumeya Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 3: 91. 1922, nom. illeg. hom. non Tuomeya Harv. (1858).
- Type: Toumeya papyracantha (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
- Pediocactus subg. Toumeya (Britton & Rose) Halda, Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 5(1): 17. 1998.
- Type: Toumeya papyracantha (Engelm.) Britton & Rose}}
- Ancistrocactus Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 4: 3. 1923.
- Type: Ancistrocactus megarhizus (Rose) Britton & Rose
- Ferocactus subg. Ancistrocactus (Britton & Rose) N.P.Taylor, Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 41(4): 90. 1979.
- Type: Ancistrocactus megarhizus Britton & Rose}}
- Heterotypic
- Echinocactus [infragen. unranked] Megarhizi Vaupel in Engl. (ed.), Nat. Pflanzenfam. 21: 623, 628. 1925.
- Type species: Echinocactus megarhizus Rose
- Echinocactus [infragen. unranked] Polyancistri Vaupel in Engl. (ed.), Nat. Pflanzenfam. 21: 623, 628. 1925.
- Type species: Echinocactus polyancistrus Engelm.
- Echinocactus ser. Gymnanthi A.Berger, Kakteen: 8: 249. 1929, p.p.
- Type species: non design.
- Echinocactus ser. Hamati Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1849: 28, 151, 152. 1850, p.p.
- Type species: non design.
- Echinocactus ser. Lepidanthi A.Berger, Kakteen: 7: 235. 1929, p.p.
- Type species: non design.
- Echinocactus subg. Ancistrocactus K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt., 292, 334. (1898)
- Type species: Echinocactus uncinatus Galeotti
- Glandulicactus Backeb., Blätt. Kakteenf. 1938(6): [18; 10, 13, 25]. (1938)
- Hamatocactus subg. Glandulicactus (Backeb.)
- Type species: Glandulicactus uncinatus (Galeotti ex Pfeiff.) Backeb. Buxb. in Krainz, Die Kakteen (25) CVIIIb: [4-5]. (1 Nov) (1963), nom. illeg.
- Mammillaria [infragen. unranked] Albiflorae Engelm., Syn. Cact. U. S. 8. 1856, nom. inval.
- Type species: Mammillaria papyracantha Engelm.
- Roseia Frič, Zivot v Prirode 29(1): 15 (fig), & 29(7): 9. 1925, nom. illeg. non Rosea Mart. (1826).
- Type species: Roseia castanedae Frič
- Coloradoa Boissev. & C.Davidson, Colorado Cact.: 54. 1940 syn. sec. Hunt (2006)
- Type species: Coloradoa mesae-verdae Boissev. & C.Davidson
- Toumeya Britton & Rose, Cact. 3: 91 (1922), nom. illeg.
- Utahia Britton & Rose, Cact. 3: 215 (1922)
- Echinocactus [infragen. unranked] Megarhizi Vaupel in Engl. (ed.), Nat. Pflanzenfam. 21: 623, 628. 1925.
Distribution
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References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition |
References
Primary references
- Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1922. The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family. Vol. 3. 255 pp. + 23 pl. Carnegie Institution of Washington. BHL PDF Reference page. : 3: 212.
Additional references
- Doweld, A.B. 2001. The genus Ancistrocactus Britton & Rose. Phylogenetic relationships and classification [Il genere Ancistrocactus Britton & Rose. Relazione filogenetiche e classificazione]. Cactus & Co. 5(2): 62–102. Reference page.
- Doweld, A.B. & Greuter, W. 2001. Nomenclatural notes on Ancistrocactus (Cactaceae). Taxon 50(3): 875–878. DOI: 10.2307/1223716 Reference page.
- Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208
Reference page. - van der Meer, M.H.J. 2023. Seven New Combinations in Cochemiea, Grusonia, Sclerocactus and Weingartia and a New Nothogenus for Oreocereus × Soehrensia (Cactaceae). Cactologia Phantastica 2023(1)(1), 1–2. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8005681 Reference page.
Links
- Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Sclerocactus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov. 23. Reference page.
- Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Sclerocactus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan. 12. Reference page.
- International Plant Names Index. 2025. Sclerocactus. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 12 2025. Reference page.
- Tropicos.org 2021. Sclerocactus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Mar 2021. Reference page.
- Hassler, M. 2021. Sclerocactus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 26. Reference page.
- 'eFloras 2008. Ancistrocactus in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- eFloras 2008. Sclerocactus in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sclerocactus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.
Vernacular names
- English: Fishhook Cactus
- suomi: Kynsikaktukset
- lietuvių: Standenis
- svenska: Sklerokaktussläktet
