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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Ferocactus

Hierarchical position of the Genus Ferocactus

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Rosopsida Batsch pub. Dispos. Gen. Pl. Jenens.: 28. 1788.       Subclassis  Caryophyllidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       SuperOrdo  Caryophyllanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 144. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Caryophyllales Perleb pub. 1826       Subordo  Cactineae Bessey in C.K. Adams pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 462. 15 Nov 1895.       Familia  Cactaceae Juss. pub. Gen. Pl.: 310. 4 Aug 1789. common name: Cactus       Genus  Ferocactus Britton & Rose common name: barrel cactus

Named members of the Genus Ferocactus

1	Species  acanthodes (Lem.) Britt. & Rose
	2    Varietas  eastwoodiae L. Benson syn. Ferocactus cylindraceus var. eastwoodiae 3    Varietas  lecontei (Engelm.) Lindsay syn. Ferocactus cylindraceus var. lecontei
4	Species  covillei Britt. & Rose syn. Ferocactus emoryi
5	Species  cylindraceus (Engelm.) Orcutt
	6    Varietas  cylindraceus common name: California barrel cactus 7    Varietas  eastwoodiae (Engelm.) N.P. Taylor common name: California barrel cactus 8    Varietas  lecontei (Engelm.) H. Bravo common name: Leconte's barrel cactus
9	Species  eastwoodiae (L. Benson) L. Benson syn. Ferocactus cylindraceus var. eastwoodiae
10	Species  emoryi (Engelm.) Orcutt common name: Emory's barrel cactus
11	Species  hamatacanthus (Muehlenpfordt) Britt. & Rose
	12    Varietas  hamatacanthus common name: turk's head 13    Varietas  sinuatus (A. Dietr.) L. Benson common name: Turk's head
14	Species  lecontei (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose syn. Ferocactus cylindraceus var. lecontei
15	Species  setispinus (Engelm.) L. Benson syn. Thelocactus setispinus
16	Species  uncinatus (Galeotti) Britt. & Rose
	17    Varietas  wrightii (Engelm.) N.P. Taylor syn. Sclerocactus uncinatus var. wrightii
18	Species  viridescens (Torr. & Gray) Britt. & Rose common name: San Diego barrelcactus
19	Species  wislizeni (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose common name: candy barrelcactus

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.