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Ferocactus pottsii

{{Short description|Species of cactus}}

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|image=Ferocactus pottsii pottsii BotGardBln07122011E.jpg

| status = NT

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref ={{cite journal | title=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | journal=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | date=2010-05-11 | url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/152034/121518759 | access-date=2024-02-12 | page=}}

|genus = Ferocactus

|species=pottsii

|authority=(Salm-Dyck) Backeb. 1961

|synonyms =

  • Echinocactus bicolor f. pottsii {{au|(Salm-Dyck) Voss 1894}}
  • Echinocactus pottsii {{au|Salm-Dyck 1850}}
  • Thelocactus bicolor var. pottsii {{au|(Salm-Dyck) Backeb. 1961}}
  • Thelocactus pottsii {{au|(Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose 1923}}
  • Echinocactus bicolor var. pottsii {{au|Salm-Dyck 1850}}

}}

Ferocactus pottsii is a species of Ferocactus from Mexico.{{cite web|url=http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50178714|title= Ferocactus pottsi in Tropicos}} The specific epithet has also been spelt pottsi.

Description

Ferocactus pottsii is a solitary cactus with spherical to short cylindrical, glaucous green shoots. It grows up to 1 meter tall and {{cvt|50|cm}} in diameter, with 13 to 25 broad, blunt ribs. The areoles are elongated and woolly, about {{cvt|1.5|mm}} long, with straight gray spines. The central spine can reach up to {{cvt|7.5|cm}} long, while the three to eight radial spines reach up to {{cvt|4.5|cm}} in length.

Its cup-shaped, yellow flowers can grow up to {{cvt|4.5|cm}} long and {{cvt|3.5|cm}} in diameter. The spherical fruits are yellow and can reach up to {{cvt|4|cm}} in length.{{cite book | last1=Anderson | first1=Edward F. | last2=Eggli | first2=Urs | title=Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon | publisher=Ulmer | publication-place=Stuttgart (Hohenheim) | date=2005 | isbn=3-8001-4573-1 | language=de | pages= 296–297}}{{cite web | title=Ferocactus pottsii | website=LLIFLE | date=2013-08-04 | url=http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACTI/Family/Cactaceae/15546/Ferocactus_pottsii | ref={{sfnref |

LLIFLE | 2013}} | access-date=2024-02-12}}

File:Caryophyllales - Ferocactus pottsii 2.jpg|Plant

File:Ferocactus pottsii pottsii BotGardBln07122011F.JPG|Flower

File:Ferocactus pottsii var. pottsii 2020-02-08 7799.jpg|Areoles and spines

File:Ferocactus pottsii var. pottsii 2020-02-08 7796.jpg|Top center of plant

Distribution

This cactus is found in tropical deciduous and pine forests in the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Sonora, and Sinaloa, at elevations of 240 to 1000 meters.

Taxonomy

First described as Echinocactus pottsii in 1850 by Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck, it was later placed in the genus Ferocactus by Curt Backeberg in 1961. The specific epithet "pottsii" honors John Potts, a director of the mint in Chihuahua.{{cite book | last1=Salm-Reifferscheidt | first1=Joseph | last2=Georgi | first2=Carl | title=Cacteae in horto Dyckensi cultae anno 1849, secundum tribus et genera digestae : additis adnotationibus botanicis characteribusque specierum in enumeratione diagnostica cactearum Doct. Pfeifferi non descriptarum / | publisher=Apud Henry & Cohen, typis C. Georgii | publication-place=Bonnae | year=1850 | doi=10.5962/bhl.title.120333 | page=| url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/120333 }}

References

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{{Cite book |last=Anderson |first=Edward F. |date=2001 |title=The Cactus Family |publication-place=Pentland, Oregon |publisher=Timber Press |isbn=978-0-88192-498-5 |page=334}}

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External links

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Category:Flora of Mexico

Category:Plants described in 1961