Ferocactus pilosus

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Ferocactus pilosus - Wikipedia

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Ferocactus pilosus

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Ferocactus
Species:	F. pilosus
Binomial name
*Ferocactus pilosus* (Galeotti ex Salm-Dyck) Werdermann
Synonyms
Echinocactus pilosus Galeotti ex Salm-Dyck 1850 Ferocactus stainesii var. pilosus (Galeotti ex Salm-Dyck) Backeb. 1961 Echinocactus pilifer Lem. 1843 Echinocactus pilosus var. flavispinus Schelle 1926 Echinocactus pilosus var. pringlei J.M.Coult. 1896 Echinocactus pilosus f. stainesii (Salm-Dyck) Voss 1894 Echinocactus pilosus var. stainesii Salm-Dyck 1850 Echinocactus pringlei (J.M.Coult.) Rose 1906 Echinocactus stainesii Hook. ex Salm-Dyck 1850 Ferocactus pilifer (Lem.) G.Unger 1986 Ferocactus pilifer f. flavispinus (Schelle) G.Unger 1986 Ferocactus pilifer var. stainesii (Salm-Dyck) G.Unger 1986 Ferocactus pringlei (J.M.Coult.) Britton & Rose (1922 Ferocactus stainesii (Hook. ex Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose 1922 Ferocactus stainesii var. pringlei (J.M.Coult.) Backeb. 1961

Ferocactus pilosus, also known as Mexican lime cactus (Biznaga De Lima) or Mexican fire barrel, is a species of cactus in North America.

Description

Ferocactus pilosus grows singly or forms large clumps, reaching heights up to 3 meters with diameters of 50 cm (20 in). It has 13 to 20 non-humped ribs, initially sharp-edged in young plants and later becoming rounded. The areoles are close together, giving the appearance of almost merging into one another. The bright red or yellow, spreading spines are pubescent and slightly curved, making it difficult to distinguish between central and radial spines. The mostly red, six to 12 central spines are strong, reaching up to 5 cm (2.0 in) in length, while the radial spines are typically reduced to numerous, whitish bristles.

The yellow to red flowers appear in circles around the shoot tip, measuring up to 4 cm (1.6 in) in length and 2.5 cm (0.98 in) in diameter. The yellow fruits are egg-shaped, about 3 to 4 cm (1.2 to 1.6 in) long.^[2]

Ferocactus pilosus (detail of growing point)
Flower buds
Spines
Plant growing in Oasis Park Fuerteventura

Distribution

The cactus is endemic to the Chihuahuan Desert, located in northeastern Mexico.^[3]

It is native to the Méxican states of Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas, found growing on rocky limestone slopes.^[4]^[5]

Habitat near Ranch San Rafael, Nuevo Leon
Plant growing in Luis Potosi
Plants in habitat in Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas

Taxonomy

First described as Echinocactus pilosus in 1850 by Henri Guillaume Galeotti in Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck's Cacteae in horto Dyckensi cultae anno 1849, the specific epithet pilosus, meaning 'hairy' in Latin, refers to the species' thorns.^[6] Erich Werdermann transferred the species to the genus Ferocactus in 1933.

References

^ SG), Succulent Plants; SG), Succulent Plants (2009-11-16). "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Ulmer. p. 296. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
^ Anderson, Edward F. (2001), The Cactus Family, Pentland, Oregon: Timber Press, ISBN 978-0-88192-498-5, p. 334
^ CactiGuide: Ferocactus pilosus
^ Art, Cactus (2013-08-04). "Ferocactus pilosus". LLIFLE. Retrieved 2024-02-10.
^ Salm-Reifferscheidt, Joseph; Georgi, Carl (1850). Cacteae in horto Dyckensi cultae anno 1849, secundum tribus et genera digestae : additis adnotationibus botanicis characteribusque specierum in enumeratione diagnostica cactearum Doct. Pfeifferi non descriptarum /. Bonnae: Apud Henry & Cohen, typis C. Georgii. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.120333.

External links

Media related to Ferocactus pilosus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Ferocactus pilosus at Wikispecies
Cacti of Mexico
Flora of the Chihuahuan Desert

Taxon identifiers
Ferocactus pilosus	Wikidata: Q138529 Wikispecies: Ferocactus pilosus CoL: 6HQWP EoL: 5183767 GBIF: 3959149 iNaturalist: 192385 IPNI: 133173-1 ITIS: 908219 IUCN: 152928 NCBI: 867057 Open Tree of Life: 193251 Plant List: kew-2808209 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:133173-1 Species+: 21114 Tropicos: 5100020 WFO: wfo-0000686344
Echinocactus pilosus	Wikidata: Q14931702 CoL: 38GHG GBIF: 7279741 IPNI: 132075-1 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:132075-1 Tropicos: 5105036 WFO: wfo-0000660797

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