Taxonomic account

Sclerocactus cloverae

Sclerocactus cloverae K.D.Heil & J.M.Porter

Name accepted in Plants of the World Online. [2-WWW]

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Sclerocactus
Ranga: Species
Genus list verification: 11 October 2026 [2-WWW]

Names in the literature

Synonyms and spelling variants linked to the accepted name in WCVP 16, including updates to the genus list. [27-WWW] [2-WWW]

Pediocactus cloverae (K.D.Heil & J.M.Porter) Halda
Pediocactus cloverae subsp. brackii (K.D.Heil & J.M.Porter) Halda
Sclerocactus cloverae subsp. brackii K.D.Heil & J.M.Porter
Sclerocactus whipplei subsp. cloverae (K.D.Heil & J.M.Porter) Hochstätter
Sclerocactus whipplei subsp. heilii (Castetter, P.Pierce & K.H.Schwer.) D.R.Hunt
Sclerocactus whipplei subvar. aztecia Hochstätter
Sclerocactus whipplei var. heilii Castetter, P.Pierce & K.H.Schwer.
Sclerocactus whipplei var. reevesii Castetter, P.Pierce & K.H.Schwer.

Nomenclatural basis

The genus's species list was checked in POWO on 11 October 2026. Authorship and links between older names were compared with WCVP 16, a snapshot from 4 June 2026. [27-WWW] [2-WWW] [2-WWW]

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