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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Sclerocactus

Hierarchical position of the Genus Sclerocactus

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  Sclerocactus Britton & Rose common name: fishhook cactus

Named members of the Genus Sclerocactus

1	Species  blainei Welsh & Thorne common name: Blaine fishhook cactus
2	Species  brevihamatus (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt
	3    Subspecies  tobuschii (W.T. Marsh.) N.P. Taylor common name: shorthook fishhook cactus
4	Species  brevispinus Heil & Martin common name: shortspine fishhook cactus
5	Species  cloveriae Heil & Porter common name: Clover's fishhook cactus
6	Species  contortus Heil common name: Canyonlands fishhook cactus
7	Species  erectocentrus (Coult.) N.P. Taylor common name: redspine fishhook cactus
8	Species  glaucus (J.A. Purpus ex K. Schum.) L. Benson common name: Uinta Basin hookless cactus
9	Species  intermedius Peebles syn. Sclerocactus parviflorus ssp. intermedius
10	Species  intertextus (Engelm.) N.P. Taylor
	11    Varietas  dasyacanthus (Engelm.) N.P. Taylor common name: white fishhook cactus 12    Varietas  intertextus common name: white fishhook cactus
13	Species  johnsonii (Parry ex Engelm.) N.P. Taylor common name: Johnson's fishhook cactus
14	Species  mariposensis (Hester) N.P. Taylor common name: Lloyd's fishhook cactus
15	Species  mesae-verdae (Boissevain ex Boissevain & C. Davids.) common name: Mesa Verde fishhook cactus
16	Species  nyensis F. Hochstatter common name: Nye County fishhook cactus
17	Species  papyracanthus (Engelm.) N.P. Taylor common name: paperspine fishhook cactus
18	Species  parviflorus Clover & Jotter
	19    Varietas  blessingiae W.H. Earle syn. Sclerocactus whipplei 20    Subspecies  intermedius (Peebles) Heil & Porter common name: intermediate fishhook cactus 21    Varietas  intermedius (Peebles) Woodruff & L. Benson syn. Sclerocactus parviflorus ssp. intermedius 22    Subspecies  parviflorus common name: smallflower fishhook cactus
23	Species  polyancistrus (Engelm. & Bigelow) Britt. & Rose common name: redspined fishhook cactus
24	Species  pubispinus (Engelm.) L. Benson
	25    Varietas  sileri L. Benson syn. Sclerocactus spinosior 26    Varietas  spinosior (Engelm.) Welsh syn. Sclerocactus spinosior
27	Species  scheeri (Salm-Dyck) N.P. Taylor common name: Scheer's fishhook cactus
28	Species  schlesseri Heil & Welsh common name: Schlesser's fishhook cactus
29	Species  sileri (L. Benson) Heil & J.M. Porter syn. Sclerocactus spinosior
30	Species  spinosior (Engelm.) Woodruff & L. Benson common name: desert valley fishhook cactus
31	Species  terrae-canyonae Heil common name: longspine fishhook cactus
32	Species  uncinatus (Galeotti) N.P. Taylor
	33    Varietas  wrightii (Engelm.) N.P. Taylor common name: Chihuahuan fishhook cactus
34	Species  warnockii (L. Benson) N.P. Taylor common name: Warnock's fishhook cactus
35	Species  whipplei (Engelm. & Bigelow) Britt. & Rose
	36    Varietas  glaucus (J.A. Purpus ex K. Schum.) Welsh syn. Sclerocactus glaucus 37    Varietas  heilii Castetter, Pierce & Schwerin syn. Sclerocactus cloveriae 38    Varietas  intermedius (Peebles) L. Benson syn. Sclerocactus parviflorus ssp. intermedius 39    Varietas  reevsii Castetter, Pierce & Schwerin syn. Sclerocactus cloveriae 40    Varietas  roseus (Clover) L. Benson syn. Sclerocactus whipplei 41    Varietas  spinosior (Engelm.) Boissevain syn. Sclerocactus spinosior
42	Species  wrightiae L. Benson common name: Wright's fishhook cactus

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.