Taxonomic account

Ferocactus glaucescens

Ferocactus glaucescens (DC.) Britton & Rose

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Ferocactus
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]

Echinocactus dietrichianus C.F.Först.
Echinocactus glaucescens DC.
Echinocactus mammillarioides Hook.
Echinocactus pfeifferi Zucc.
Echinocactus theiacanthus Lem.
Echinocactus theionacanthus Lem.
Echinofossulocactus pfeifferi (Zucc.) Lawr.
Malacocarpus mammillarioides (Hook.) Britton & Rose
Neoporteria mammillarioides (Hook.) Backeb.
Neoporteria subgibbosa var. mammillarioides (Hook.) Donald & G.D.Rowley
Parrycactus glaucescens (DC.) Doweld
Pyrrhocactus mammillarioides (Hook.) Backeb.

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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