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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

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

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IUCN category:	Least Concern

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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018-1 [152232]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Ferocactus glaucescens (DC.) Britton & Rose]
Data retrieved on: 3 August 2018

C. Ulloa et al. (2017): An integrated assessment of the vascular plant species of the Americas, Science. 358. 1614-1617 [as Ferocactus glaucescens (DC.) Britton & Rose]
Data retrieved on: 19 September 2019

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