Sclerocactus

Sclerocactus papyracanthus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cacteae
Genus: Sclerocactus
Sectiones: S. sect. Coloradoa – S. sect. Parviflori – S. sect. Sclerocactus – insertae sedis
Species: S. blainei – S. brevihamatus – S. brevispinus – S. cloverae – S. erectocentrus – S. glaucus – S. intertextus – S. johnsonii – S. mariposensis – S. mesae-verdae – S. nyensis – S. papyracanthus – S. parviflorus – S. pinkavanus – S. polyancistrus – S. pubispinus – S. scheeri – S. sileri – S. spinosior – S. unguispinus – S. warnockii – S. wetlandicus – S. whipplei – S. wrightiae

Name

Sclerocactus Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 3: 212. (1922)

Type species: Sclerocactus polyancistrus (Engelm. & Bigelow) Britton & Rose (1922)

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Echinocactus subg. Sclerocactus (Britton & Rose) A.Berger, Kakteen 8: 249. 1929.
- Ferocactus sect. Sclerocactus (Britton & Rose) N.P.Taylor, Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 41(4): 90. 1979.
- Pediocactus sect. Sclerocactus (Britton & Rose) Halda, Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 5(1): 14. 1998.
- Echinomastus Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 3: 147. 1922.
  - Type: Echinomastus erectocentrus (J.M.Coult.) Britton & Rose
- Papyrocactus Doweld, Phytotaxa 524: 95. (2021)
  - Papyrocactus papyracanthus (Engelm.) Doweld, Phytotaxa 524: 95 (2021)
  - Toumeya Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 3: 91. 1922, nom. illeg. hom. non Tuomeya Harv. (1858).
    - Type: Toumeya papyracantha (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
  - Pediocactus subg. Toumeya (Britton & Rose) Halda, Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 5(1): 17. 1998.
  - Type: Toumeya papyracantha (Engelm.) Britton & Rose}}
- Ancistrocactus Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 4: 3. 1923.
  - Type: Ancistrocactus megarhizus (Rose) Britton & Rose
  - Ferocactus subg. Ancistrocactus (Britton & Rose) N.P.Taylor, Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 41(4): 90. 1979.
    - Type: Ancistrocactus megarhizus Britton & Rose}}
Heterotypic
- Echinocactus [infragen. unranked] Megarhizi Vaupel in Engl. (ed.), Nat. Pflanzenfam. 21: 623, 628. 1925.
  - Type species: Echinocactus megarhizus Rose
- Echinocactus [infragen. unranked] Polyancistri Vaupel in Engl. (ed.), Nat. Pflanzenfam. 21: 623, 628. 1925.
  - Type species: Echinocactus polyancistrus Engelm.
- Echinocactus ser. Gymnanthi A.Berger, Kakteen: 8: 249. 1929, p.p.
  - Type species: non design.
- Echinocactus ser. Hamati Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1849: 28, 151, 152. 1850, p.p.
  - Type species: non design.
- Echinocactus ser. Lepidanthi A.Berger, Kakteen: 7: 235. 1929, p.p.
  - Type species: non design.
- Echinocactus subg. Ancistrocactus K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt., 292, 334. (1898)
  - Type species: Echinocactus uncinatus Galeotti
- Glandulicactus Backeb., Blätt. Kakteenf. 1938(6): [18; 10, 13, 25]. (1938)
  - Hamatocactus subg. Glandulicactus (Backeb.)
  - Type species: Glandulicactus uncinatus (Galeotti ex Pfeiff.) Backeb. Buxb. in Krainz, Die Kakteen (25) CVIIIb: [4-5]. (1 Nov) (1963), nom. illeg.
- Mammillaria [infragen. unranked] Albiflorae Engelm., Syn. Cact. U. S. 8. 1856, nom. inval.
  - Type species: Mammillaria papyracantha Engelm.
- Roseia Frič, Zivot v Prirode 29(1): 15 (fig), & 29(7): 9. 1925, nom. illeg. non Rosea Mart. (1826).
  - Type species: Roseia castanedae Frič
- Coloradoa Boissev. & C.Davidson, Colorado Cact.: 54. 1940 syn. sec. Hunt (2006)
  - Type species: Coloradoa mesae-verdae Boissev. & C.Davidson
- Toumeya Britton & Rose, Cact. 3: 91 (1922), nom. illeg.
- Utahia Britton & Rose, Cact. 3: 215 (1922)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Arizona, California, Colorado, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1922. The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family. Vol. 3. 255 pp. + 23 pl. Carnegie Institution of Washington. BHL PDF Reference page. : 3: 212.

Additional references

Doweld, A.B. 2001. The genus Ancistrocactus Britton & Rose. Phylogenetic relationships and classification [Il genere Ancistrocactus Britton & Rose. Relazione filogenetiche e classificazione]. Cactus & Co. 5(2): 62–102. Reference page.
Doweld, A.B. & Greuter, W. 2001. Nomenclatural notes on Ancistrocactus (Cactaceae). Taxon 50(3): 875–878. DOI: 10.2307/1223716 Reference page.
Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page.
van der Meer, M.H.J. 2023. Seven New Combinations in Cochemiea, Grusonia, Sclerocactus and Weingartia and a New Nothogenus for Oreocereus × Soehrensia (Cactaceae). Cactologia Phantastica 2023(1)(1), 1–2. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8005681 Reference page.

Links

Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Sclerocactus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov. 23. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Sclerocactus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan. 12. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Sclerocactus. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 12 2025. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2021. Sclerocactus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Mar 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Sclerocactus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 26. Reference page.
'eFloras 2008. Ancistrocactus in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
eFloras 2008. Sclerocactus in Flora of North America. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sclerocactus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Fishhook Cactus
suomi: Kynsikaktukset
lietuvių: Standenis
svenska: Sklerokaktussläktet

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