Taxon: Ferocactus viridescens (Torr. & A. Gray) Britton & Rose

• the 1 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Species on the following lists:

• CITES Appendix II
  
• Check conservation status and distribution in NatureServe Explorer database

Common names:

• coastal barrel cactus   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• green-stem viznaga   (Source: Cact Fam ) – English
  
• keg cactus   (Source: Cact Fam ) – English
  
• San Diego barrel cactus   (Source: Cact Fam ) – English
  
• small barrel cactus   (Source: Zander Ency ) – English
  
• sisal   (Source: Cact Fam ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Eur Gard F)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California [s.]
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Norte

• also cultivated

References:

• Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family.
• Backeberg, C. 1967. Die Cactaceae. 2730.
• Backeberg, C. 1977. Das Kakteen Lexikon. 158.
• Benson, L. 1982. The cacti of the United States and Canada. 950.
• Bravo-Hollis, H. & H. Sánchez-Mejorada. 1978. Las Cactáceas de México, vol. 1 - 1978, vols. 2,3 - 1991 435.
• CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Hunt, D. et al., eds. 2006. The new cactus lexicon.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora. [= Echinocactus viridescens Torr. & A. Gray].
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Wiggins, I. L. 1980. Flora of Baja California.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Ferocactus viridescens.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Ferocactus viridescens.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Ferocactus viridescens.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Echinocactus viridescens Torr. & A. Gray (basionym)
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Ferocactus viridescens (Torr. & A. Gray) Britton & Rose:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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