PLANTS Profile for Ferocactus cylindraceus var. lecontei (Leconte's barrel cactus)

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PLANTS Profile

Ferocactus cylindraceus (Engelm.) Orcutt var. lecontei (Engelm.) H. Bravo
Leconte's barrel cactus

Symbol:

FECYL

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Ferocactus cylindraceus (Engelm.) Orcutt var. lecontei (Engelm.) H. Bravo

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Synonyms:
Ferocactus cylindraceus (Engelm.) Orcutt var. lecontei (Engelm.) H. Bravo

	ECLE3	Echinocactus lecontei Engelm.
	FEACL	Ferocactus acanthodes (Lem.) Britton & Rose var. lecontei (Engelm.) Lindsay
	FECYL2	Ferocactus cylindraceus (Engelm.) Orcutt ssp. lecontei (Engelm.) N.P. Taylor
	FELE2	Ferocactus lecontei (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

Distribution:
Ferocactus cylindraceus (Engelm.) Orcutt var. lecontei (Engelm.) H. Bravo


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USA (AZ, CA, NV, UT)

Related Taxa:
Ferocactus cylindraceus (Engelm.) Orcutt var. lecontei (Engelm.) H. Bravo

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 6 species in Ferocactus, 2 varieties in Ferocactus cylindraceus (Engelm.) Orcutt

Classification:
Ferocactus cylindraceus (Engelm.) Orcutt var. lecontei (Engelm.) H. Bravo

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus	Ferocactus Britton & Rose – barrel cactus
Species	Ferocactus cylindraceus (Engelm.) Orcutt – California barrel cactus
Variety	Ferocactus cylindraceus (Engelm.) Orcutt var. lecontei (Engelm.) H. Bravo – Leconte's barrel cactus

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Ferocactus cylindraceus (Engelm.) Orcutt var. lecontei (Engelm.) H. Bravo

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arizona:
		Salvage restricted
Nevada:
(Mojave) barrel cactus, miners compass		Protected as a Cactus, Yucca, or Christmas tree

More Accounts and Images:
Ferocactus cylindraceus (Engelm.) Orcutt var. lecontei (Engelm.) H. Bravo

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 528160.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 10/24/2008 02:20 AM MDT