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Ferocactus (barrel cactus)

Synonyms: Brittonia; Echinofossulocactus

Wikipedia Abstract

Ferocactus is a genus of large barrel-shaped cacti, mostly with large spines and small flowers. There are about 30 species included in the genus. They are found in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
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Species

Ferocactus chrysacanthus (Endangered)
Ferocactus cylindraceus (California barrel cactus) (Attributes)
Ferocactus diguetii
Ferocactus emoryi (Emory barrel cactus) (Attributes)
Ferocactus fordii (Cactus) (Vulnerable)
Ferocactus gracilis
Ferocactus haematacanthus (Endangered)
Ferocactus hamatacanthus (turk's head) (Attributes)
Ferocactus johnstonianus
Ferocactus latifoliae <Unverified Name>
Ferocactus latispinus
Ferocactus lindsayi
Ferocactus macrodiscus (Cactus) (Vulnerable)
Ferocactus neohaematacanthus
Ferocactus peninsulae
Ferocactus pilosus (Mexican Lime Cactus)
Ferocactus pottsii
Ferocactus robustus (Cactus) (Vulnerable)
Ferocactus schwartzii <Unverified Name>
Ferocactus viridescens (Turk's head) (Attributes)
Ferocactus wislizeni <Unverified Name> (Vulnerable)
Ferocactus wislizenii (candy barrelcactus) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0