Pediocactus nigrispinus

Pediocactus nigrispinus

Pediocactus nigrispinus

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: Pediocactus
Species: Pediocactus nigrispinus

Name

Pediocactus nigrispinus (Hochstätter) Hochstätter (1992)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Pediocactus simpsonii var. nigrispinus Hochstätter, Succulenta 69(9): 178. 1990.

• Homotypic
  • Pediocactus simpsonii var. nigrispinus W.T.Marshall, Cactaceae (Berlin) 140. 1941, nom. inval.

• Heterotypic
  • Pediocactus nigrispinus subsp. beastonii (Hochstätter) Hochstätter, Gen. Pediocactus, Navajoa, Toumeya Revised 29. 1995.
  • Pediocactus nigrispinus subsp. puebloensis Hochstätter, Gen. Pediocactus, Navajoa, Toumeya Revised 152. 1995.
  • Pediocactus nigrispinus var. beastonii Hochstätter, Succulenta 71(3): 103. 1992.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Western USA Idaho, Oregon, Washington References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hochstätter, F. 1992: Succulenta (Netherlands). 71: 99.

Additional references

• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
• 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. 

Links

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Pediocactus nigrispinus 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. 2021. Pediocactus nigrispinus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 26. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pediocactus nigrispinus. Published online. Accessed: Mar 26 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Pediocactus nigrispinus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Mar 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Pediocactus nigrispinus. 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. Pediocactus nigrispinus in Flora of North America . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

Vernacular names

English: Simpson's Hedgehog Cactus, Snowball Cactus, Columbia Plateau Cactus, Black Spines Cactus

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