| Ferocactus haematacanthus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Ferocactus |
| Species: | F. haematacanthus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ferocactus haematacanthus Bravo ex Backeb. & F.M. Knuth 1936 | |
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Ferocactus haematacanthus is a species of Ferocactus from Mexico. [2]
Ferocactus haematacanthus is a solitary cactus with initially bluish-green, later green stems, growing up to 30-120 cm tall and 25-36 cm in diameter. The stems have 13-17 ribs and bear reddish thorns. Adult plants have merged areoles. The red spines consist of four central spines measuring 4 to 8 centimeters long and six to seven marginal spines measuring 2.5 to 3.5 centimeters long. The cactus produces funnel-shaped, purple-pink to rose-purple flowers measuring 6-7 cm in length and diameter, followed by egg-shaped, deep purple fruits that are 2-3.5 cm long. [3]
This species is native to the Mexican states of Puebla and Veracruz, at elevations above 2200 meters.
The cactus was first described as Echinocactus electracanthus var. haematacanthus in 1850 by Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck. [4] Its specific epithet "haematacanthus" comes from the Greek words for "blood" and "thorn," referring to its dark red thorns. In 1936, Curt Backeberg and Frederik Marcus Knuth reclassified it into the genus Ferocactus.
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Matucana haynii is a species of Matucana found in Peru.
Acanthocalycium leucanthum is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae from Argentina.
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