Sclerocactus
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Sclerocactus

cactus

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.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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