Ferocactus pottsii

Ferocactus pottsii
Ferocactus pottsii
Systematics
Order : Clove-like (Caryophyllales) Family : Cactus family (Cactaceae) Subfamily : Cactoideae Tribe : Cacteae Genre : Ferocactus Type : Ferocactus pottsii
Scientific name
Ferocactus pottsii
( Salm-Dyck ) Backeb.

Ferocactus pottsii is a species of the genus Ferocactus in the cactus family(Cactaceae).

description

Ferocactus pottsii grows individually with spherical to short cylindrical, cloudy glaucoma green shoots and reaches heights of 1 meter with a diameter of 50 centimeters. There are 13 to 25 broad, blunt ribs . The straight thorns are gray. The single central spine is up to 7.5 inches long. The three to eight radiating radial spines have a length of up to 4.5 centimeters.

The cup-shaped, yellow flowers reach a length of up to 4.5 centimeters and have a diameter of 3.5 centimeters. The up to 4 centimeters long, spherical fruits are yellow.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Ferocactus pottsii is common in the Mexican states of Chihuahua , Sonora, and Sinaloa .

It was first described as Echinocactus pottsii in 1850 by Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck . Curt Backeberg placed them in the genus Ferocactus in 1961 .

In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is the species as " Near Threatened (NT) ", d. H. listed as low risk.

proof

literature

• Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 296-297 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cacteae in horto Dyckensi cultae . 1850, p. 35.
2. ↑ Cactaceae . Volume 5, 1961, p. 2738.
3. ↑ Ferocactus pottsii in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Van Devender, T. & Reina, AL, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2013.

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