Ferocactus tiburonensis

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Ferocactus tiburonensis
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Ferocactus
Species:	F. tiburonensis
Binomial name
*Ferocactus tiburonensis* (G.E.Linds.) Backeb. 1961
Synonyms
Echinocactus wislizeni subsp. tiburonensis (G.E.Linds.) Felger 1970 Ferocactus wislizeni subsp. tiburonensis (G.E.Linds.) Pilbeam & Bowdery 2005 Ferocactus wislizeni var. tiburonensis G.E.Linds. 1955

Ferocactus tiburonensis is a species of Ferocactus found in Mexico.^[2]

Description

Ferocactus tiburonensis is a solitary cactus, reaching up to 1 meter in height and 35 cm (14 in) in diameter. It has around 21 slightly tuberous ribs and grooved spines that are hard to distinguish between central and peripheral spines. The four straight or twisted central spines, arranged crosswise, can grow up to 9 cm (3.5 in) long, with the lowest occasionally flattened. Its small, non-bristle-like marginal thorns resemble the central thorns.

The plant blooms from April and May. The funnel-shaped, yellow flowers are up to 6 cm (2.4 in) long and 5 cm (2.0 in) in diameter, while the spherical fruits are yellow, fleshy, and 2 to 4 cm (0.79 to 1.57 in) long.^[3]^[4]

Distribution

The plant is found growing in eastern bajada to Sierra Kunkaak, Tiburón Island and south of Bahía Kino to the vicinity of Tastiota in Sonora, Mexico.^[5]^[6]

Taxonomy

George Edmund Lindsay first described the plant as Ferocactus wislizeni var. tiburonensis in 1955, with the specific epithet referring to its occurrence on Tiburón Island, Mexico.^[7] Curt Backeberg elevated the variety to species rank in 1961.

References

^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010-05-11. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
^ "Ferocactus tiburonensis (G.E.Linds.) Backeb". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
^ "Ferocactus tiburonensis". LLIFLE. 2013-08-04. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 297. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
^ Wilder, Benjamin T; Felger, Richard (2018). "SUCCULENT PLANT DIVERSITY OF THE SONORAN ISLANDS, GULF OF CALIFORNIA, MEXICO" (PDF). Haseltonia. 14: 148–149. ISSN 1070-0048.
^ Felger, R.S.; Wilder, B.T.; Romero-Morales, H.; Ezcurra, E. (2013). Plant Life of a Desert Archipelago: Flora of the Sonoran Islands in the Gulf of California. Southwest Center Series. University of Arizona Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-8165-0243-1. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
^ "Cactus and Succulent Journal Nov-Dec 1955: Vol 27 Iss 6 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive". Internet Archive. 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2024-04-21.

External links

Data related to Ferocactus tiburonensis at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers
Ferocactus tiburonensis	Wikidata: Q1407505 Wikispecies: Ferocactus tiburonensis ARKive: ferocactus-tiburonensis CoL: 6HQX6 GBIF: 3958908 iNaturalist: 325053 IPNI: 103684-2 ITIS: 907971 IUCN: 152669 Open Tree of Life: 6034397 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:103684-2 Species+: 22063 Tropicos: 50178716 WFO: wfo-0000686373
Ferocactus wislizeni var. tiburonensis	Wikidata: Q15039670 GBIF: 6383117 IPNI: 103700-2 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:103700-2 WFO: wfo-0000686395

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