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Sclerocactus  Britton & Rose
Taxonomic Serial No.: 19758

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Ancistrocactus (K. Schum.) Britton & Rose
  
    Glandulicactus Backeb.
  
    Echinomastus Britton & Rose
  
    Coloradoa Boissev. & C. Davidson
  
    Toumeya Britton & Rose
  
  Common Name(s): fishhook cactus [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2013   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderCaryophyllanae   
                         OrderCaryophyllales   
                            FamilyCactaceae Juss. – cactus, cacti  
                               GenusSclerocactus Britton & Rose – fishhook cactus  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Sclerocactus blainei S.L. Welsh & K.H. Thorne – Blaine's fishhook cactus 
                                  Species Sclerocactus brevihamatus (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt – shorthook fishhook cactus 
                                  Species Sclerocactus brevispinus K.D. Heil & J.M. Porter – shortspine fishhook cactus, Pariette cactus 
                                  Species Sclerocactus cloverae K.D. Heil & J.M. Porter  
                                  Species Sclerocactus erectocentrus (J.M. Coult.) N.P. Taylor – redspine fishhook cactus, Biznaga-bola de centrales erectas 
                                  Species Sclerocactus glaucus (K. Schum.) L.D. Benson – Uinta Basin hookless cactus, Colorado hookless cactus 
                                  Species Sclerocactus intertextus (Engelm.) N.P. Taylor – white fishhook cactus, white fish-hook cactus, Biznaga-bola entretejida 
                                  Species Sclerocactus johnsonii (Parry ex Engelm.) N.P. Taylor – Johnson's fishhook cactus, Johnson's barrel cactus, pygmy barrel cactus 
                                  Species Sclerocactus mariposensis (Hester) N.P. Taylor – Lloyd's fishhook cactus, Biznaga-bola de Mariposa, Lloyd's Mariposa cactus, golfball cactus, silver column cactus 
                                  Species Sclerocactus mesae-verdae (Boissev. & C. Davidson) L.D. Benson – Mesa Verde fishhook cactus, Mesa Verde cactus 
                                  Species Sclerocactus nyensis Hochstätter – Nye County fishhook cactus 
                                  Species Sclerocactus papyracanthus (Engelm.) N.P. Taylor – paperspine fishhook cactus, Biznaga-bola de espinas de papel 
                                  Species Sclerocactus parviflorus Clover & Jotter – smallflower fishhook cactus 
                                  Species Sclerocactus polyancistrus (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) Britton & Rose – redspined fishhook cactus, Mojave fishhook cactus, Mohave fishhook cactus 
                                  Species Sclerocactus pubispinus (Engelm.) L.D. Benson – Great Basin fishhook cactus 
                                  Species Sclerocactus scheeri (Salm-Dyck) N.P. Taylor – Scheer's fishhook cactus, Biznaga-bola ganchuda, Tobusch fishhook cactus 
                                  Species Sclerocactus schlesseri K.D. Heil & S.L. Welsh – Schlesser's fishhook cactus 
                                  Species Sclerocactus sileri (L.D. Benson) K.D. Heil & J.M. Porter  
                                  Species Sclerocactus spinosior (Engelm.) D. Woodruff & L.D. Benson – desert valley fishhook cactus, desert valley fish-hook cactus 
                                  Species Sclerocactus uncinatus (Galeotti ex Pfeiff.) N.P. Taylor – Chihuahuan fishhook cactus, Biznaga-bola uncinada 
                                  Species Sclerocactus unguispinus (Engelm.) N.P. Taylor  
                                  Species Sclerocactus warnockii (L.D. Benson) N.P. Taylor – Warnock's fishhook cactus, Biznaga-bola amarilla 
                                  Species Sclerocactus wetlandicus Hochstätter – Uinta Basin hookless cactus 
                                  Species Sclerocactus whipplei (Engelm. & J.M. Bigelow) Britton & Rose – Whipple's fishhook cactus 
                                  Species Sclerocactus wrightiae L.D. Benson – Wright's fishhook cactus 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Charles A. Butterworth, Ph.D.  
  Notes: ITIS Cactaceae Steward   
  Reference for: Sclerocactus    
       
  Expert: J. Mark Porter, Ph.D.  
  Notes: Researcher, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden and Associate Professor of Botany, Claremont Graduate University   
  Reference for: Sclerocactus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sclerocactus   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Sclerocactus   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Sclerocactus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Benson, Lyman  
  Publication Date: 1982   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Cacti of the United States and Canada   
  Page(s): ix + 1044   
  Publisher: Stanford University Press   
  Publication Place: Stanford, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8047-0863-0   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sclerocactus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Hunt, David  
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The New Cactus Lexicon: Text   
  Page(s): x + 373   
  Publisher: dh books   
  Publication Place: Milborne Port, England   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-9538134-5-2   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Sclerocactus   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Current evidence supports the following taxa as monophyletic group: Sclerocactus in the narrow (traditional) sense, species formerly included in Echinomastus (some of them treated as Neolloydia by Benson 1982) and species formerly included in Ancistrocactus. It is true Sclerocactus subgenus Ancistrocactus is the sister lineage to Sclerocactus subgenus Sclerocactus (Echinomastus + Sclerocactus). If there were profound morphological differences (and synapomorphies) for these two lineages, one might argue that treating them at the rank of genus is appropriate. However, there are no such traits. In fact, the trait used by Benson (1982) to distinguish Ancistrocactus from Sclerocactus - the felted adaxial areolar groove - is present in both genera. Therefore, there does not seem to be justification from either molecular data or morphology to segregate the two genera (Sclerocactus and Ancistrocactus)  
 

 

    

 
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