Pelecyphora dasyacantha

Pelecyphora dasyacantha

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: Pelecyphora
Species: Pelecyphora dasyacantha
Subspecies: P. d. subsp. chaffeyi – P. d. subsp. dasyacanthus

Name

Pelecyphora dasyacantha (Engelm.) D.Aquino & Dan.Sánchez, PhytoKeys 188: 132. (2022)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Mammillaria dasyacantha Engelm., Syn. Cact. U.S.: 12 (1856)
• Homotypic
  • Cactus dasyacanthus (Engelm.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 259 (1891)
  • Coryphantha dasyacantha (Engelm.) Orcutt, Circular to Cactus Fanciers: i (1922)
  • Escobaria dasyacantha (Engelm.) Britton & Rose, Cact. 4: 55 (1923)
  • Escobesseya dasyacantha (Engelm.) Hester, Desert Pl. Life 17: 25 (1945)
  • Neobesseya dasyacantha (Engelm.) Lodé, Cact.-Avent. Int. 98(Suppl.): 6 (2013)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: North America Regional: Southern Central USA Texas. Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Sánchez, D., Vázquez-Benítez, B., Vázquez-Sánchez, M., Aquino, D. & Arias, S. 2022.  Phylogenetic relationships in Coryphantha and implications on Pelecyphora and Escobaria (Cacteae, Cactoideae, Cactaceae). PhytoKeys 188:115–165. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.188.75739 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 
• 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. Pelecyphora dasyacantha in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 14. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pelecyphora dasyacantha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 13. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pelecyphora dasyacantha. Published online. Accessed: Mar 13 2021. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Pelecyphora dasyacantha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 13 Mar 2021. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Pelecyphora dasyacantha. 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 13. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Big Bend Foxtail Cactus
• español: Biznaga-Escobar de espinas gruesas

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