Ferocactus acanthodes (Lem.) Britton & Rose GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Ferocactus

Family:

Cactaceae

Subfamily:

Cactoideae

Tribe:

Cacteae

Nomen number:

483362

Place of publication:

Cact. 3:129. 1922

Verified:

Name not verified.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Ferocactus acanthodes (Lem.) Britton & Rose subsp. acanthodes (0 active accession[s])
Ferocactus acanthodes (Lem.) Britton & Rose subsp. lecontei (Engelm.) Lodé (0 active accession[s])
Ferocactus acanthodes (Lem.) Britton & Rose subsp. tortulispinus (H. E. Gates) F. Wolf & R. Wolf (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Ferocactus cylindraceus (Engelm.) Orcutt

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Conservation Status

CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).

Reference(s)

Applequist, W. L. 2012. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 64. Taxon 61:1113. Note: proposal not recommended because typification had preserved the usage of the name
Backeberg, C. 1977. Das Kakteen Lexikon. 154.
Benson, L. 1982. The cacti of the United States and Canada 948-949.
CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Hodgson, W. et al. 2011. (2021) Proposal to reject the name Echinocactus acanthodes (Cactaceae). Taxon 60:910.
Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert.
St. John, H. 1973. List and summary of the flowering plants in the Hawaiian islands
Wiggins, I. L. 1980. Flora of Baja California.

Common names

English
California barrel cactus –
cliff barrel cactus –
compass barrel cactus –
compass cactus –
desert barrel cactus –
golden-spine barrel cactus –
Le Conte barrel cactus –
spiny barrel cactus –
Spanish
biznaga –
Swedish
jättedjävulstunga –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja California Sur
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora	n.w.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	California	s.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Nevada	s.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Utah	s.w.
2	Cultivated					also cult.

Native
Northern America

SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California (s.), Nevada (s.), Utah (s.w.)]
NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja California Sur, Sonora (n.w.)]

Cultivated (also cult.)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental	as F. cylindraceus	Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.

Taxon: Ferocactus acanthodes (Lem.) Britton & Rose