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Ferocactus

The genus Ferocactus is in the family Cactaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Ferocactus

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Ferocactus acanthodes (Lem.) Britton & Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ferocactus alamosanus (Britton & Rose) Britton & Rose Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Ferocactus chrysacanthus (Orcutt) Britton & Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ferocactus diguetii (A.A.Weber) Britton & Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ferocactus echidne (DC.) Britton & Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ferocactus emoryi (Engelm.) Orcutt Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ferocactus flavovirens (Scheidw.) Britton & Rose Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Ferocactus fordii (Orcutt) Britton & Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ferocactus glaucescens (DC.) Britton & Rose Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Ferocactus gracilis H.E.Gates Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ferocactus haematacanthus (Monv. ex Salm-Dyck) Bravo ex Backeb. & F.M.Knuth Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ferocactus hamatacanthus (Muehlenpf.) Britton & Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ferocactus herrerae J.G.Ortega Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ferocactus histrix (DC.) G.E.Linds. Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Ferocactus lecontei (Engelm.) Britton & Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ferocactus lindsayi Bravo Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ferocactus macrodiscus (Mart.) Britton & Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ferocactus peninsulae (A.A.Weber) Britton & Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ferocactus pilosus (Galeotti ex Salm-Dyck) Werderm. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ferocactus pottsii (Salm-Dyck) Backeb. Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ferocactus recurvus (Mill.) Borg Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ferocactus robustus (Karw. ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ferocactus schwarzii G.E.Linds. Accepted L WCSP (in review)
Ferocactus tortulispinus H.E.Gates Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ferocactus viridescens (Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Britton & Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review)
Ferocactus wislizeni (Engelm.) Britton & Rose Accepted M WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 79 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Ferocactus. Of these 26 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 64 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Ferocactus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 79 species names for the genus Ferocactus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 26 32.9%
Synonym 26 32.9%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 27 34.2%

All names

The status of the 143 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Ferocactus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
Accepted 37 25.9%
Synonym 71 49.7%
Unplaced 0 0%
Unassessed 35 24.5%

Of these names,

The confidence with which the status of the 79 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Ferocactus, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 21 21 0 0 42 53.2%
Low confidence 5 5 0 27 37 46.8%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Ferocactus, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.3%
WCSP (in review) 26 26 0 26 0 78 98.7%