Group: Dicot Rank: genus Herbarium Placement: Monsanto, 2nd, B, 210

Authors:

Britton, Nathaniel Lord
Rose, Joseph Nelson

Published In: The Cactaceae; descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family 3: 212. 1922. (12 Oct 1922) (Cactaceae)
Type Specimens

• T: Echinocactus polyancistrus Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow.

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Caryophyllanae Takht.
• order:  !Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
• family:  Cactaceae Juss.

Conservation Status:

• CITES Appendix II - Trade controlled to avoid use incompatible with species survival - Global
  • Reference UNEP WCMC. 2003. Checkl. CITES Sp. 1–339. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge.
  • Conservation System UNEP WCMC. 2003. Checkl. CITES Sp. 1–339. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge.

Combinations for this basionym:

Ferocactus sect. Sclerocactus (Britton & Rose) N.P. Taylor

Pediocactus sect. Sclerocactus (Britton & Rose) Halda

Projects: IPCN

Keywords: FNA

Accepted By:

• Flora of North America Editorial Committee, e. 2003. Magnoliophyta: Caryophyllidae, part 1. Fl. N. Amer. 4: i–xxiv, 1–559.

• Sclerocactus blainei S.L. Welsh & K.H. Thorne Great Basin Naturalist 45(3): 553–555, f. 1. 1985. (Great Basin Naturalist)
  
• Sclerocactus brevihamatus (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt Bradleya; Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 9: 91. 1991. (Bradleya)
  
• Sclerocactus brevispinus K.D. Heil & J.M. Porter Haseltonia 2: 26. 1994. (Haseltonia)
  
• Sclerocactus cloverae K.D. Heil & J.M. Porter Haseltonia 2: 31. 1994. (Haseltonia)
  
• Sclerocactus contortus K.D. Heil Cactus and Succulent Journal 51(1): 25–26, f. 1–2. 1979. (Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles))
  
• Sclerocactus erectocentrus (J.M. Coult.) N.P. Taylor Bradleya; Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 5: 94. 1987. (Bradleya)
  
• Sclerocactus glaucus (K. Schum.) L.D. Benson Cactus and Succulent Journal 38(2): 53. 1966. (Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles))
  
• Sclerocactus havasupaiensis Clover American Journal of Botany 29(2): 172–173, f. 1–4. 1942. (Amer. J. Bot.)
  
• Sclerocactus intermedius Peebles Leaflets of Western Botany 5(12): 191–192. 1949. (Leafl. W. Bot.)
  
• Sclerocactus intertextus (Engelm.) N.P. Taylor Bradleya; Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 5: 94. 1987. (Bradleya)
  
• Sclerocactus johnsonii (Parry ex Engelm.) N.P. Taylor Bradleya; Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 5: 94. 1987. (Bradleya)
  
• Sclerocactus mariposensis (Hester) N.P. Taylor Bradleya; Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 5: 94. 1987. (Bradleya)
  
• Sclerocactus mesae-verdae (Boissev. & C. Davidson) L.D. Benson Cactus and Succulent Journal 38(2): 54. 1966. (Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles))
  
• Sclerocactus nyensis Hochstätter Succulenta (Netherlands) 71(6): 253–255, f. s.n. (p. 249 & 254). 1992. (Succulenta (Netherlands))
  
• Sclerocactus papyracanthus (Engelm.) N.P. Taylor Bradleya; Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 5: 94. 1987. (Bradleya)
  
• Sclerocactus parviflorus Clover & Jotter Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 68(6): 419, f. 8. 1941. (Bull. Torrey Bot. Club)
  
• *Sclerocactus parviflorus D. Woodruff & L.D. Benson
• Sclerocactus polyancistrus (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) Britton & Rose The Cactaceae; descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family 3: 213. 1922. (Cactaceae)
  
• Sclerocactus pubispinus (Engelm.) L.D. Benson Cactus and Succulent Journal 38(3): 103. 1966. (Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles))
  
• Sclerocactus scheeri (Salm-Dyck) N.P. Taylor Bradleya; Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 5: 94. 1987. (Bradleya)
  
• Sclerocactus schlesseri K.D. Heil & S.L. Welsh Great Basin Naturalist 46(4): 677–678. 1986. (Great Basin Naturalist)
  
• Sclerocactus sileri (L.D. Benson) K.D. Heil & J.M. Porter Haseltonia 2: 39. 1994. (Haseltonia)
  
• Sclerocactus spinosior (Engelm.) D. Woodruff & L.D. Benson Cactus and Succulent Journal 48(3): 131. 1976. (Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles))
  
• Sclerocactus terrae-canyonae K.D. Heil Cactus and Succulent Journal 51(1): 26–28, f. 3–4. 1979. (Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles))
  
• Sclerocactus uncinatus (Galeotti ex Pfeiff.) N.P. Taylor Bradleya; Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 5: 94. 1987. (Bradleya)
  
• Sclerocactus unguispinus (Engelm.) N.P. Taylor Bradleya; Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 5: 94. 1987. (Bradleya)
  
• Sclerocactus warnockii (L.D. Benson) N.P. Taylor Bradleya; Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 5: 94. 1987. (Bradleya)
  
• Sclerocactus wetlandicus Hochstätter Succulenta (Netherlands) 68(6): 123–125, f. s.n. [upper row, p. 124]. 1989. (Succulenta (Netherlands))
  
• Sclerocactus whipplei (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) Britton & Rose The Cactaceae; descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family 3: 213. 1922. (12 Oct 1922) (Cactaceae)
  
• Sclerocactus wrightiae L.D. Benson Cactus and Succulent Journal 38(2): 55–57, f. 5–6. 1966. (Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles))
  

• North America
  • United States : USDA, NRCS. 2007. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge.