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June 2025

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genus

Sclerocactus Britton & Rose

This genus name was first published in Cactaceae 3: 212. 1922.

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000034711.

Statistics

StatusTotal%
◼︎ synonym 10478%
◼︎ accepted 2418%
◼︎ unplaced 54%
Total133

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Synonyms of Sclerocactus

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Ancistrocactus Britton & Rose Cactaceae 4: 3. 1923. wfo-4000001913
Coloradoa Boissev. & C.Davidson Colorado Cact.: 54. 1940. wfo-4000008974
Echinomastus Britton & Rose Cactaceae 3: 147. 1922. wfo-4000012936
Roseia Frič in Život v Přír. 29(1): 15. 1925. wfo-4000033487
Toumeya Britton & Rose Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 3: 91 (1922) wfo-4000038629

Species in Sclerocactus ( showing species 1 to 15 of 24)

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Phthirusa × angulata K.Krause Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 22: 344. 1926 [1925 publ. Jan 1926] wfo-0000468746
Phthirusa angulata K.Krause Recueil Trav. Bot. Néerl. 22: 344 (1925) wfo-0001277842
Phthirusa clandestina Mart. Flora 13(1): 110 (1830) wfo-0000468734
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Ixocactus clandestinus (Mart.) Kuijt Syst. Bot. 16: 297 (1991) wfo-0001074860
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Loranthus clandestinus Mart. ex Schult.f. wfo-0001074863
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Phthirusa clandsetina (Mart. ex Roem. & Schult.) Mart. Flora 13: 110 1830 wfo-0001074866
Phthirusa delicatula Rizzini Revista Brasil. Biol. 47: 456 (1987) wfo-0000468741
Phthirusa elliptica Rizzini Dusenia 3: 456 (1952) wfo-0000468765
Phthirusa exilis Kuijt Pl. Divers. Evol. 129: 164 (2011) wfo-0000748907
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Ixocactus gracilis Kuijt Syst. Bot. 16: 292 (1991) wfo-0000732913
Phthirusa guyanensis Eichler Fl. Bras. 5(2): 64 (1868) wfo-0000468756
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Phthirusa perforata Rizzini Revista Fac. Agron. (Maracay) 8(3): 91 (1975) wfo-0000468586
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Phthirusa castillana Rizzini Revista Brasil. Biol. 47: 455 (1987) wfo-0000468736
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Phthirusa callosoalbida Rizzini Ernstia 24: 15 (1984) wfo-0000468738
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Passovia phaeoclados (Eichler) Tiegh. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42: 172 (1895) wfo-0000470112
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Struthanthus phaeoclados (Eichler) Baehni & J.F.Macbr. Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 13(2): 414 (1937) wfo-0001074839
Phthirusa hutchisonii (Kuijt) Kuijt Pl. Divers. Evol. 129: 166 (2011) wfo-0001035606
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Ixocactus hutchisonii Kuijt Brittonia 19: 62 (1967) wfo-0000732914
Phthirusa inorna (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) Kuijt Pl. Divers. Evol. 129: 171 (2011) wfo-0000748908
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Cladocolea inorna (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) Kuijt J. Arnold Arbor. 56: 304 (1975) wfo-0000608381
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Ixocactus inornus (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) Kuijt Syst. Bot. 16(2): 297. 1991 wfo-0001074862
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Loranthus inornus B.L.Rob. & Greenm. Amer. J. Sci. , ser. 3, 1: 163 (1895) wfo-0001074865
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Struthanthus inornus (B.L.Rob. & Greenm.) Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 20: 212 (1919) wfo-0001074868
Phthirusa janeirensis Eichler Fl. Bras. 5(2): 65 (1868) wfo-0000468796
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Passovia janeirensis (Eichler) Tiegh. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42: 172 (1895) wfo-0000470148
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Passovia janeirense (Eichler) Kuijt wfo-0001035660
Phthirusa lobaterae G.Ferrari Fl. Venez. 4(2): 47 (1982) wfo-0000468598
Phthirusa macrophylla (Kuijt) Kuijt Pl. Divers. Evol. 129: 171 (2011) wfo-0000748909
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Ixocactus macrophyllus Kuijt Brittonia 46: 72 (1994) wfo-0001250640
Phthirusa monetaria Sandwith Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1932: 227 (1932) wfo-0001277835
Phthirusa murcae Rizzini Dusenia 3: 457 (1952) wfo-0000468554
Phthirusa nitens Eichler Fl. Bras. 5(2): 59 (1868) wfo-0000468577
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Loranthus nitens Mart. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 150 (1829) wfo-0000366986
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Passovia nitens (Mart.) Tiegh. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42: 172 (1895) wfo-0000470123
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Struthanthus nitens (Mart.) Mart. Flora 13(1): 105 (1830) wfo-0000501440
The editorial status of this taxon is Synonym Struthanthus pseudolepidotus Rizzini Ernstia 32: 14 (1985) wfo-0000501523

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Sclerocactus:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sclerocactus hispidus (D.Donati & Zanov.) Lodé Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 36: 141 2024 wfo-1000076125
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sclerocactus ilseae (Hochstätter) Hochstätter Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 34(121): 7. 2022 [Oct 2022 publ. 11 Nov 2022] [epublished] wfo-1000047257
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sclerocactus intertextus subsp. dasyacanthus (Engelm.) Lodé Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 36: 141 2024 wfo-1200109504
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sclerocactus johnsonii subsp. lutescens (Parish) Lodé Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 36: 141 2024 wfo-1200109332
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sclerocactus megarrhizus (Rose) Lodé Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 36: 141 2024 wfo-1000076126
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sclerocactus mesae-verdae subsp. depressus O'Kane, K.D.Heil & A.Clifford wfo-1200027034
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sclerocactus mesae-verdae subsp. mesae-verdae wfo-1200098259
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sclerocactus parviflorus subsp. parviflorus wfo-1200098319
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sclerocactus pinkavanus (García-Mor., Gonz.-Bot. & Rodr.González) M.H.J.van der Meer Cact. Phantast. 2023(1)-1: 2 2023 wfo-1000049377
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sclerocactus sect. Coloradoa (Boissev. & C.Davidson) Doweld wfo-1000076685
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sclerocactus tobuschii (W.T.Marshall) Lodé Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 36: 141 2024 wfo-1000076127
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sclerocactus unguispinus subsp. durangensis Lodé Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 36: 141 2024 wfo-1200109506
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sclerocactus unguispinus subsp. laui (Gerhart Frank & Zecher) Lodé Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 36: 142 2024 wfo-1200109333