Ferocactus uncinatus

Ferocactus uncinatus
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Ferocactus
Species:	F. uncinatus
Binomial name
	Ferocactus uncinatus; (Galeotti) Britton & Rose
Synonyms
	List Ancistrocactus uncinatus (Galeotti) L.D.Benson 1969; Echinocactus uncinatus Galeotti 1848; Echinomastus uncinatus (Galeotti) F.M.Knuth i1936; Glandulicactus uncinatus (Galeotti) Backeb. 1939; Hamatocactus uncinatus (Galeotti) Orcutt 1926; Pediocactus uncinatus (Galeotti) Halda 1998; Sclerocactus uncinatus (Galeotti) N.P.Taylor 1987; Thelocactus uncinatus (Galeotti) W.T.Marshall 1941; Ancistrocactus uncinatus var. wrightii (Engelm.) L.D.Benson 1923; Ancistrocactus uncinatus subsp. wrightii (Engelm.) Doweld 2001; Echinocactus ancylacanthus Monv. ex Labour. 1853; Echinocactus trollietii Rebut 1895; Echinocactus uncinatus f. wrightii (Engelm.) Schelle 1907; Echinocactus uncinatus var. wrightii Engelm. 1856; Echinocactus wrightii (Engelm.) Small 1903; Ferocactus uncinatus var. wrightii (Engelm.) N.P.Taylor 1979; Glandulicactus uncinatus var. wrightii (Engelm.) Backeb. 1961; Glandulicactus uncinatus subsp. wrightii (Engelm.) U.Guzmán 2003; Glandulicactus wrightii (Engelm.) D.J.Ferguson 1991; Hamatocactus uncinatus var. wrightii (Engelm.) Bravo 1980; Hamatocactus wrightii (Engelm.) Orcutt 1926; Pediocactus uncinatus var. wrightii (Engelm.) Halda 1998; Sclerocactus uncinatus subsp. wrightii (Engelm.) N.P.Taylor 1998; Sclerocactus uncinatus var. wrightii (Engelm.) N.P.Taylor 1987; Thelocactus uncinatus var. wrightii (Engelm.) H.P.Kelsey & Dayton 1942; ;

Ferocactus uncinatus is a species of Ferocactus found in Mexico and United States in Texas.^[2]

Description

Ferocactus uncinatus typically grows alone, with bluish-green, spherical to cylindrical shoots ranging from 18 to 27 cm (7.1 to 10.6 in) in height and 10 to 12 cm (3.9 to 4.7 in) in diameter. It has about 13 wavy ribs with pronounced tubercles, and sharp furrows between the ridges. The one to five central spines are hook-shaped, yellow with a reddish tip, and 8 to 13 cm (3.1 to 5.1 in) long, pointing upwards or obliquely outwards. There are seven to ten radial spines, 2.5 to 5 cm (0.98 to 1.97 in) long, with the upper ones flat and brightly colored, and the lower ones hook-shaped and somewhat purple.

Its funnel-shaped flowers, reddish-brown in color, emerge from the furrows of the areoles. They are 2 to 4 cm (0.79 to 1.57 in) long and have a diameter of 2.5 to 3 cm (0.98 to 1.18 in).^[3]

Fruits
Flowers
Plant

Distribution

Ferocactus uncinatus is found in southern Texas and in the Mexican states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas growing in scrub and limestone or calcareous soils at elevations of 900 to 1550 meters.^[4]

Plant growing near Las Tablas, San Luis Potosi

Taxonomy

The species was first described as Echinocactus uncinatus by Ludwig Georg Karl Pfeiffer in 1848.^[5] The specific epithet "uncinatus" comes from Latin, meaning "hooked," referring to the hook-shaped central thorns of the species. Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose moved the species to the genus Ferocactus in 1922.^[6]

References

^ Univ., Martin Terry (Sul Rose State; College, Kenneth Heil (San Juan; Mexico, New; Ambiental), Rafael Corral-Díaz (Consultor (2009-11-18). "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
^ "Ferocactus uncinatus (Galeotti) Britton & Rose". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 585. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
^ Armentano, Diego (2013-08-04). "Ferocactus uncinatus". LLIFLE. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
^ Pfeiffer, Louis; Dondorf, Bernhard; Fischer, Theodor Georg Viktor.; Fischer, Theodor.; Francke, Gustav.; Otto, Friedrich; Prestele, Joseph (1843). Abbildung und Beschreibung blühender Cacteen. Cassel: T. Fischer. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.50678.
^ Dietrich, Albert; Otto, Friedrich (1846). "Allgemeine Gartenzeitung". Biodiversity Heritage Library. Retrieved 2024-01-17.

External links

Media related to Ferocactus uncinatus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Ferocactus uncinatus at Wikispecies

[Univ._College_Mexico_Ambiental)_2009_p.-1] Univ., Martin Terry (Sul Rose State; College, Kenneth Heil (San Juan; Mexico, New; Ambiental), Rafael Corral-Díaz (Consultor (2009-11-18). "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2024-02-11.

[Plants_of_the_World_Online_g458-2] "Ferocactus uncinatus (Galeotti) Britton & Rose". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-01-06.

[Anderson_Eggli_2005_p._585-3] Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 585. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.

[Armentano_2013_s785-4] Armentano, Diego (2013-08-04). "Ferocactus uncinatus". LLIFLE. Retrieved 2024-02-11.

[Pfeiffer_Dondorf_Fischer_Fischer_1843_p.-5] Pfeiffer, Louis; Dondorf, Bernhard; Fischer, Theodor Georg Viktor.; Fischer, Theodor.; Francke, Gustav.; Otto, Friedrich; Prestele, Joseph (1843). Abbildung und Beschreibung blühender Cacteen. Cassel: T. Fischer. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.50678.

[Dietrich_Otto_1846_g058-6] Dietrich, Albert; Otto, Friedrich (1846). "Allgemeine Gartenzeitung". Biodiversity Heritage Library. Retrieved 2024-01-17.

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