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Ferocactus cylindraceus | | Scientific classification | | | | Species | | See text. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (525 × 700 pixel, file size: 228 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)California Barrel Cactus Photograph © 2004 Heath McAllister. ...
Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ...
Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta—liverworts Anthocerotophyta—hornworts Bryophyta—mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) †Rhyniophyta—rhyniophytes †Zosterophyllophyta—zosterophylls Lycopodiophyta—clubmosses †Trimerophytophyta—trimerophytes Pteridophyta—ferns and horsetails Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta—seed ferns Pinophyta—conifers Cycadophyta—cycads Ginkgophyta—ginkgo Gnetophyta—gnetae Magnoliophyta—flowering plants...
Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants or angiosperms are the most widespread group of land plants. ...
Orders See text. ...
Families Achatocarpaceae Aizoaceae (Fig-marigold family) Amaranthaceae (amaranth family) Ancistrocladaceae Asteropeiaceae Barbeuiaceae Basellaceae (basella family) Cactaceae (cactus family) Caryophyllaceae (carnation family) Dioncophyllaceae Droseraceae (sundew family) Drosophyllaceae Frankeniaceae Molluginaceae (carpetweed family) Nepenthaceae Nyctaginaceae (four-oclock family) Physenaceae Phytolaccaceae (pokeweed family) Plumbaginaceae (plumbago family) Polygonaceae (buckwheat family) Portulacaceae (purslane family) Rhabdodendraceae...
This article is about the desert plant. ...
Genera See Taxonomy of the Cactaceae A cactus (plural, cacti or cactuses) is a type of (usually) succulent plant belonging to the dicotyledonous flowering plant family, Cactaceae. ...
Cacteae is a tribe of plants belonging to the family Cactaceae. ...
Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859 - 1934) was a US botanist and taxonomist who founded the New York Botanical Garden in Bronx, New York. ...
Joseph Nelson Rose ( January 11, 1862 - May 4, 1928 ) was a American botanist. ...
The hierarchy of scientific classification. ...
| Most barrel cacti are of the genus Ferocactus, with the remainder belonging to genus Echinocactus. Barrel cactus A Barrel cactus is a type of cactus characterized by being approximately barrel-shaped. ...
Species 6 species: see species list Echinocactus are large and beautiful barrel shaped cacti, usually with large spines and small flowers. ...
Taxonomy - Species
- Ferocactus alamosanus
- Ferocactus chrysacanthus
- Ferocactus cylindraceus - California Barrel Cactus, Cliff Barrel, Compass Barrel, Compass Cactus, Desert Barrel, Golden-Spined Barrel, Spiny Barrel Cactus
- Ferocactus diguetii
- Ferocactus echidne - Sonora Barrel, Coville's Barrel Cactus, Emory's Barrel Cactus, Traveler's Friend
- Ferocactus emoryi - Sonora Barrel, Coville's Barrel Cactus, Emory's Barrel Cactus, Traveler's Friend
- Ferocactus flavovirens
- Ferocactus fordii
- Ferocactus glaucescens
- Ferocactus gracilis - Fire Barrel Cactus
- Ferocactus hamatacanthus - Mexican Fruit Cactus, Texas Barrel Cactus, Turk's-Head Barrel Cactus
- Ferocactus herrerae - Twisted Barrel Cactus
- Ferocactus histrix - Electrode Cactus
- Ferocactus johnstonianus - Johnston's Barrel Cactus
- Ferocactus latispinus
- Ferocactus macrodiscus
- Ferocactus peninsulae
- Ferocactus pilosus - Mexican Lime Cactus, Viznaga De Lima
- Ferocactus pottsi
- Ferocactus rectispinus - Long Spined Barrel Cactus
- Ferocactus reppenhagenii
- Ferocactus robustus
- Ferocactus santa-maria - Santa-Maria Barrel Cactus
- Ferocactus schwarzii - Schwarz's Barrel Cactus
- Ferocactus stainesii
- Ferocactus townsendianus - Townsend Barrel Cactus
- Ferocactus viridescens - Coast Barrel Cactus, Keg Cactus, Green-stemmed Viznaga, San Diego Barrel Cactus, Sisal (unrelated to Sisal)
- Ferocactus wislizeni - Fishhook Barrel Cactus, Arizona Barrel Cactus, Candy Barrel Cactus, Southwestern Barrel Cactus
Synonyms include Bisnaga Orcutt and Brittonia C.A.Armstr. (nom. inval.). Binomial name Agave sisalana Perrine Sisal or sisal hemp is an agave Agave sisalana that yields a stiff fiber used in making rope. ...
In scientific classification, synonymy is the existence of multiple systematic names to label the same organism. ...
Orcutt is an unincorporated suburb of Santa Maria, California, and a census-designated place; it is in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. ...
References
- The species list is referenced in part from cactiguide.com which is in turn referenced from several books which are listed on that site. The principal book listed there is The Cactus Family by Edward F. Anderson, (2001).
External links - Die Gattung Ferocactus
- Ferocactus stainesii photo
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