Ferocactus

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Ferocactus Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 3: 123. 1922 sec. Hunt 2016

Type: Ferocactus wislizeni (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

=Bisnaga Orcutt in Cactography 1. 1926 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
≡Ferocactus sect. Bisnaga (Orcutt) N.P.Taylor & J.Y.Clark in Bradleya 1: 6. 1983 syn. sec. ???

Type: Bisnaga cornigera (DC.) Orcutt

=Brittonia C.A.Armstr. in Cact. J. (Croydon) 2: 64. 1934 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

=Glandulicactus Backeb. in Blätt. Kakteenf. 1938(6): 22. 1938 syn. sec. Hunt 2006

Type: Glandulicactus uncinatus (Galeotti ex Pfeiff.) Backeb.

=Parrycactus Doweld in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 32: 117. 2000 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

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Notes

Phylogenetics: Vázquez-Sánchez & al. (2013) found Ferocactus in its current circumscription to be vastly polyphyletic, and the same is true for sect. Bisnaga. The Ferocactus clade found by Vázquez-Sánchez & al. (2013) also includes the genera Leuchtenbergia, Glandulicactus, Stenocactus and Thelocactus, corroborating the results of a much less dense sampling by Hernández-Hernández & al. (2011). The Ferocactus clade is morphologically characterized by pericarpels with scales and ribbed stems, and Vázquez-Sánchez & al. (2013) suggested expanding Ferocactus to embrace the genera just mentioned is the best taxonomic solution to make Ferocactus monophyletic, yet Leuchtenbergia is the oldest name of this assemblage and would have priority, unless the name Ferocactus is conserved.A

Taxon standing

Category D. The genus is polyphyletic, paraphyletic or nested in another genus.

Bibliography

A. Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., von Mering, S., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler, R., Ocampo, G. & Ochoterena, H. 2015: A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. – Willdenowia 45(3): 281-383