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Blue Barrel
Ferocactus glaucescens (DC.) Britton & Rose

kingdom Plantae - plants » divisio Magnoliophyta - flowering plants » class Rosopsida - eudicots » order Caryophyllales » family Cactaceae » genus Ferocactus - barrel cactus

Scientific synonyms

Bisnaga glaucescens (A. P. de Candolle) Orcutt 1926
Echinocactus dietrichianus C.F.Först.
Echinocactus glaucescens DC.
Echinocactus mammillarioides Hook.
Echinocactus pfeifferi Zucc. ex Pfeiff.
Echinocactus theiacanthus Lem.
Echinocactus theionacanthus Lem.
Echinofossulocactus pfeifferi (Zucc.) Lawr.
Ferocactus pfeifferi (Zucc.) Backeb.
Malacocarpus mammillarioides (Hook.) Britton & Rose

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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2 [152232]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Ferocactus glaucescens (DC.) Britton & Rose]
Data retrieved on: 27 January 2014

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