Taxonomic account

Ferocactus viridescens

Ferocactus viridescens (Torr. & A.Gray) 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 californicus Monv. ex Labour.
Echinocactus limitus Engelm. ex J.M.Coult.
Echinocactus orcuttii Engelm. ex Orcutt
Echinocactus viridescens Torr. & A.Gray
Ferocactus californicus (Monv. ex Labour.) Borg
Ferocactus orcuttii (Engelm. ex Orcutt) Britton & Rose
Ferocactus viridescens subsp. littoralis (G.E.Linds.) F.Wolf & R.Wolf
Ferocactus viridescens subsp. orcuttii (Engelm. ex Orcutt) F.Wolf & R.Wolf
Ferocactus viridescens var. littoralis G.E.Linds.
Ferocactus viridescens var. orcuttii (Engelm. ex Orcutt) G.Unger
Melocactus viridescens (Torr. & A.Gray) Nutt. ex Teschem.

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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