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Ferocactus flavovirens

Ferocactus flavovirens

Ferocactus flavovirens

Ferocactus flavovirens (Scheidw.) Britton & Rose is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Ferocactus.12

Its recorded native range/source remark is MXCPU, MXS, MXSMI, MXSJA, MXSCL, MXSGR, MXSOA, NORTHERNAMERICA, MXCDF, MEXICO, MXC, MXC_MO; Mexico (SE. Puebla to N. Oaxaca).1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, desert or dry shrubland.1

This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.

References

  1. Plants of the World Online. "Ferocactus flavovirens (Scheidw.) Britton & Rose". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:103628-2
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Ferocactus flavovirens". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3959722

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