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Ferocactus hamatacanthus

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID64401c2a00cdd497459558
Scientific name Ferocactus hamatacanthus
Authority (Muehlenpf.) Britton & Rose
First published in Cactaceae 3: 144. 1922.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Brittonia davisii Houghton & C.A.Armstr. in Cact. J. (Croydon) 2: 64. 1934.
Echinocactus flexispinus Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 159. 1850.
Echinocactus gerardii F.A.C.Weber Dict. Hort. 1: 468. 1896.
Echinocactus hamatacanthus Muehlenpf. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 14(47): 371. 1846.
Echinocactus hamatacanthus var. brevispinus (Engelm.) J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 366. 1896.
Echinocactus hamatacanthus var. longihamatus (Galeotti ex Pfeiff.) J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 365. 1896.
Echinocactus longihamatus var. brevispinus Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 274. 1856.
Echinocactus longihamatus f. brevispinus (Engelm.) Schelle Handb. Kakteenkult.: 160. 1907.
Echinocactus longihamatus var. crassispinus Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 274. 1857.
Echinocactus uncinatus Engelm. ex Scheer Bot. Voy. Herald: 290. 1856.
Hamatocactus hamatacanthus (Muehlenpf.) F.M.Knuth Kaktus-ABC: 353. 1936.
Echinocactus longihamatus var. bicolor F.A.C.Weber in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 3: 140. 1893.
Echinocactus longihamatus var. deflexispinus F.A.C.Weber in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 12: 69. 1902.
Echinocactus longihamatus var. insignis F.A.C.Weber in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 12: 69. 1902.
Echinocactus setispinus var. longihamatus (Galeotti ex Pfeiff.) Poselg. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 21: 119. 1853.
Echinocactus texensis var. treculianus C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 504. 1885.
Echinocactus deflexispinus Gruson in: Schumann, K.M., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 343. 1898.
Echinocactus insignis Haage Jr. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 5: 76. 1905.
Echinocactus longihamatus Galeotti Abbild. Beschr. Cact. 2: pl. 16. 1848.
Hamatocactus hamatocanthus var. davisii (Houghton) W.T.Marshall
Ferocactus hamatacanthus var. crassispinus (Engelm.) L.D.Benson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 46: 80. 1974.
Hamatocactus hamatacanthus var. davisii (Houghton & C.A.Armstr.) W.T.Marshall in: Marshall, W.T. & T.M.Bock, Cactaceae (Marshall & Bock): 145. 1941.

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Language Common/alternative name
English biznaga-de-limilla
English fishhook cactus
English tobusch fishhook cactus
English turk's head
Spanish biznaga-barril costillona
Spanish bisnaga hamatacantha
Spanish echinocactus sinuatus
Spanish echinocactus uncinatus f. wrightii
Spanish echinocactus uncinatus var. wrightii
Spanish hamatocactus sinuatus
Macedonian Кукасто-боцкаст кактус
Dutch hakige hoorncactus
Chinese 大虹

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Ferocactus hamatacanthus subsp. hamatacanthus
Ferocactus hamatacanthus subsp. sinuatus (A.Dietr.) N.P.Taylor in Cactaceae Consensus Init. 5: 13. 1998.

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000686296
USDA Plants FEHA2
Tropicos 5100358
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:103636-2
The Plant List kew-2808164
Open Tree Of Life 1008131
Observations.org 424954
NCBI Taxonomy 928853
Nature Serve 2.155544
IUCN Red List 152900
IPNI 103636-2
iNaturalist 240790
iNaturalist 162934
iNaturalist 240791
GBIF 3084155
Freebase /m/0n_5nn4
EPPO FECHA
EOL 479882
Elurikkus 365011
USDA GRIN 454432
Wikipedia Ferocactus_hamatacanthus

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Structural Characterization of Lignin in Four Cacti Wood: Implications of Lignification in the Growth Form and Succulence Reyes-Rivera J, Soto-Hernández M, Canché-Escamilla G, Terrazas T Front Plant Sci 17-Oct-2018
PMCID:PMC6199501
doi:10.3389/fpls.2018.01518
PMID:30386367
Wood Chemical Composition in Species of Cactaceae: The Relationship between Lignification and Stem Morphology Reyes-Rivera J, Canché-Escamilla G, Soto-Hernández M, Terrazas T PLoS One 16-Apr-2015
PMCID:PMC4399841
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123919
PMID:25880223
Cactus: a medicinal food Shetty AA, Rana MK, Preetham SP J Food Sci Technol 16-Jul-2011
PMCID:PMC3550841
doi:10.1007/s13197-011-0462-5
PMID:24082263

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