Taxon: Ferocactus emoryi (Engelm.) Orcutt

• 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

See also subordinate taxa:

• Ferocactus emoryi subsp. emoryi (no accessions)
• Ferocactus emoryi subsp. rectispinus (no accessions)

Common names:

• Coville's barrel cactus   (Source: Cact Fam ) – English
  
• Emory's barrel cactus   (Source: Cact Fam ) – English
  
• traveler's friend   (Source: Cact Fam ) – English
  
• sonoradjävulstunga   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  
• syldjävulstunga   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish   [Ferocactus emoryi subsp. rectispinus]
  

Economic importance:

• 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 - Arizona [s.-c.]
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja California, Sinaloa, Sonora

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family.
• Backeberg, C. 1977. Das Kakteen Lexikon. 155.
• 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. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Hunt, D. 1999. CITES Cactaceae checklist, ed. 2.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Ferocactus emoryi.

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

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Ferocactus emoryi.

Synonyms:

• Echinocactus emoryi Engelm. [≡ Ferocactus emoryi subsp. emoryi]
  
• Echinocactus emoryi var. rectispinus Engelm. [≡ Ferocactus emoryi subsp. rectispinus]
  
• Echinocactus rectispinus (Engelm.) Britton & Rose [≡ Ferocactus emoryi subsp. rectispinus]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• Ferocactus covillei Britton & Rose [= Ferocactus emoryi subsp. emoryi]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• Ferocactus rectispinus (Engelm.) Britton & Rose [≡ Ferocactus emoryi subsp. rectispinus]
  

Check other web resources for Ferocactus emoryi (Engelm.) Orcutt:

• 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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