Ferocactus wislizeni: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Ferocactus
- Species
- Ferocactus wislizeni
- Scientific Name
- Ferocactus wislizeni
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Ferocactus wislizeni
Ferocactus wislizeni, the fishhook barrel cactus, also called Arizona barrel cactus, candy barrel cactus, and Southwestern barrel cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to northern Mexico and the southern United States. It is a ball-shaped cactus eventually growing to a cylindrical shape, with spiny ribs and red or yellow flowers in summer.
Some sources mistakenly spell the epithet "wislizenii." The correct spelling is with one "i," per ICN article 60C.2.
...Ferocactus wislizeni in languages:
- English
- fishhook barrel cactus
- English
- Arizona barrel cactus
- English
- candy barrel cactus
- Japanese
- キンセキリュウ(金赤竜)
- Russian
- Ферокактус Вислизена
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Ferocactus alamosanus
- Ferocactus chrysacanthus
- Ferocactus cylindraceus
- Ferocactus diguetii
- Ferocactus echidne
- Ferocactus emoryi
- Ferocactus flavovirens
- Ferocactus fordii
- Ferocactus glaucescens
- Ferocactus gracilis
- Ferocactus haematacanthus
- Ferocactus herrerae
- Ferocactus histrix
- Ferocactus johnstonianus
- Ferocactus latispinus
- Ferocactus lindsayi
- Ferocactus macrodiscus
- Ferocactus peninsulae
- Ferocactus pilosus
- Ferocactus pottsii
- Ferocactus recurvus
- Ferocactus reppenhagenii
- Ferocactus robustus
- Ferocactus santa-maria
- Ferocactus schwarzii
- Ferocactus stainesii
- Ferocactus tiburonensis
- Ferocactus townsendianus
- Ferocactus viridescens
- Ferocactus viscainensis
- Ferocactus wislizeni































































































































































