PLANTS Profile for Sclerocactus brevihamatus ssp. tobuschii (shorthook fishhook cactus)

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Sclerocactus brevihamatus (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt ssp. tobuschii (W.T. Marshall) N.P. Taylor
shorthook fishhook cactus

Symbol:

SCBRT

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Sclerocactus brevihamatus (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt ssp. tobuschii (W.T. Marshall) N.P. Taylor

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Synonyms:
Sclerocactus brevihamatus (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt ssp. tobuschii (W.T. Marshall) N.P. Taylor

	ANTO3	Ancistrocactus tobuschii (W.T. Marshall) W.T. Marshall ex Backeb.
	ECTO	Echinocactus tobuschii (W.T. Marshall) D. Weniger, nom. nud.

Distribution:
Sclerocactus brevihamatus (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt ssp. tobuschii (W.T. Marshall) N.P. Taylor


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USA (TX)

Related Taxa:
Sclerocactus brevihamatus (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt ssp. tobuschii (W.T. Marshall) N.P. Taylor

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 16 species in Sclerocactus, 2 subspecies in Sclerocactus brevihamatus (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt

Classification:
Sclerocactus brevihamatus (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt ssp. tobuschii (W.T. Marshall) N.P. Taylor

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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	Sclerocactus Britton & Rose – fishhook cactus
Species	Sclerocactus brevihamatus (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt – shorthook fishhook cactus
Subspecies	Sclerocactus brevihamatus (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt ssp. tobuschii (W.T. Marshall) N.P. Taylor – shorthook fishhook cactus

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sclerocactus brevihamatus (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt ssp. tobuschii (W.T. Marshall) N.P. Taylor

The synonym italicized and indented below 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.

United States:
Ancistrocactus tobuschii
Tobusch fishhook cactus		Endangered
Texas:
Ancistrocactus tobuschii
Tobusch fishhook cactus		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Sclerocactus brevihamatus (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt ssp. tobuschii (W.T. Marshall) N.P. Taylor

View species account from The Center for Plant Conservation.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 525076.

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 09:19 AM CDT