Pelecyphora aselliformis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cacteae
Genus: Pelecyphora
Species: Pelecyphora aselliformis
Name

Pelecyphora aselliformis Ehrenb., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 1: 737 (1843).
Synonyms

Homotypic
Anhalonium aselliforme (Ehrenb.) F.A.C.Weber in Bois, Dict. Hort. 2: 931 (1898) [1], nom. inval.
Ariocarpus aselliformis (Ehrenb.) F.A.C.Weber in Bois, Dict. Hort. 2: 931 (1898), [2], nom. inval.
Mammillaria asellifera Monv. ex F.A.C.Weber in Bois, Dict. Hort. 2: 931 (1898), [3], nom. inval.
Mammillaria aselliformis (Ehrenb.) H.P.Kelsey & Dayton, Standard. Pl. Names, ed. 2. 74 (1942), as asselliformis.

Heterotypic
Pelecyphora aselliformis var. concolor Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 99: t. 6061 (1873).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Regional: Mexico
Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Primary references

Ehrenberg, C.G. (1843) Botanische Zeitung. Berlin 1: 737.

Additional references

Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page.
Hernández, H.M. & Gómez-Hinostrosa, C. (2015). Mapping the cacti of Mexico part II. Mammillaria Succulent Plant Research 9: 1-189.
Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Open access Reference page.

Links

Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Pelecyphora aselliformis in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 23. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pelecyphora aselliformis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 26. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pelecyphora aselliformis. Published online. Accessed: Mar 26 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Pelecyphora aselliformis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Mar 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Pelecyphora aselliformis. 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 online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 26. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pelecyphora aselliformis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.
IUCN: Pelecyphora aselliformis Ehrenb. (Least Concern)

Vernacular names
English: woodlouse cactus, hatchet cactus, little peyote
español: peotí, peyotillo
русский: Пелецифора мокрицевидная
svenska: Gråsuggekaktus