Pediocactus

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cacteae
Genus: Pediocactus
Species: P. bradyi – P. knowltonii – P. nigrispinus – P. paradinei – P. peeblesianus – P. sileri – P. simpsonii
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pediocactus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 25. Reference page.

Name

Pediocactus Britton & Rose, Ill. Fl. N. U. S., ed. 2, 2: 569 (1913).

Type species: Pediocactus simpsonii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Navajoa Croizat, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 15: 89. (1943)
Pilocanthus B.W.Benson & Backeb., Kakteen And. Sukk. 8: 188 (1957)
Type species: P. paradinei (B.W.Benson) B.W.Benson & Backeb.
Puebloa Doweld, Sukkulenty 1999(1): 20 (1999)
Type species: P. bradyi (L.D.Benson) Doweld
Neonavajoa Doweld, Sukkulenty 1999(3): 43. (1999)

References

Britton, N.L. & Brown, A. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions: from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. ed. 2. C. Scribner's sons, New York. Vol. 2: 569. Reference page.
Doweld, A.B. 1999. Puebloa, a new genus of Cactaceae Juss. Sukkulenty 1999(2): 19–24. Reference page.
Doweld, A.B. 1999. Nomenclatural changes of some subjective homonyms in Cacteae (Cactoideae–Cactaceae). Sukkulenty 1999(3): 43. Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pediocactus in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pediocactus. Published online. Accessed: Mar 25 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Pediocactus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 25.
Hassler, M. 2021. Pediocactus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Mar 25. Reference page.
eFloras 2008. Pediocactus in Flora of North America . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pediocactus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names
suomi: Neulakaktukset

Pediocactus (Greek: πεδίον (pedion) means "plain", "flat", "field") is a genus of cacti. The genus comprises between 6 and 11 species, depending upon the authority. Species of this genus are referred to as hedgehog cacti, though that name is also applied to plants from the genera Echinocereus and Echinopsis.[1] Species may also be referred to as pincushion cacti, a common name which is also applied to other genera.
Synonyms

The genus has 3 synonyms:

Navajoa Croizat
Pilocanthus B.W.Benson & Backeb.
Utahia Britton & Rose

Sclerocactus and Pediocactus were also at one time reduced to synonymy, but this is not at present considered to be correct.
Species

According to Edward Frederick Anderson (2005):

• Pediocactus bradyi L.D.Benson
• Pediocactus despainii S.L.Welsh & Goodrich
• Pediocactus hermannii W.T.Marshall
• Pediocactus knowltonii L.D.Benson
• Pediocactus paradinei B.W.Benson
• Pediocactus peeblesianus (Croizat) L.D.Benson
• Pediocactus simpsonii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
  • Pediocactus simpsonii var. minor (Engelm.) L.D.Benson
  • Pediocactus simpsonii var. robustior (J.M.Coult.) L.D.Benson
  • Pediocactus simpsonii var. simpsonii
• Pediocactus winkleri K.D.Heil

According to David Richard Hunt (2006), New Cactus Lexicon:

• Pediocactus bradyi L.D.Benson
  • Pediocactus bradyi subsp. bradyi
  • Pediocactus bradyi subsp. despainii (S.L.Welsh & Goodrich) Hochstätter
  • Pediocactus bradyi subsp. winkleri (K.D.Heil) Hochstätter
• Pediocactus knowltonii L.D.Benson
• Pediocactus nigrispinus (Hochstätter) Hochstätter
• Pediocactus paradinei B.W.Benson
• Pediocactus peeblesianus (Croizat) L.D.Benson
  • Pediocactus peeblesianus subsp. fickeiseniorum (Hochstätter) Lüthy
  • Pediocactus peeblesianus subsp. peeblesianus
• Pediocactus sileri (Engelm.) L.D.Benson
• Pediocactus simpsonii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

According to Fritz Hochstätter (2007):

• Section Pediocactus Hochstätter
  • Pediocactus knowltonii L.D.Benson
  • Pediocactus nigrispinus (Hochstätter) Hochstätter
    • Pediocactus nigrispinus subsp. nigrispinus
    • Pediocactus nigrispinus subsp. beastonii (Hochstätter) Hochstätter
    • Pediocactus nigrispinus subsp. indranus (Hochstätter) Hochstätter
  • Pediocactus paradinei B.W.Benson
  • Pediocactus simpsonii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
    • Pediocactus simpsonii subsp. simpsonii
    • Pediocactus simpsonii subsp. bensonii Hochstätter
    • Pediocactus simpsonii subsp. idahoensis Hochstätter
    • Pediocactus simpsonii subsp. robustior (J.M.Coult.) Hochstätter
• Section Rhytidospermae Hochstätter
  • Pediocactus bradyi L.D.Benson
    • Pediocactus bradyi subsp. bradyi
    • Pediocactus bradyi subsp. despainii (S.L.Welsh & Goodrich) Hochstätter
    • Pediocactus bradyi subsp. winkleri (K.D.Heil) Hochstätter
  • Pediocactus sileri (Engelm.) L.D.Benson

References

"Echinopsis (Hedgehog Cacti)". Cactus and Succulent Society of Australia. Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2008-07-29.