Ferocactus mathssonii(Berge ex K.Schum.) N.P.Taylor

WFO wfo-0000686320 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Ferocactus mathssonii, photographed by P Gonzalez Zamora
fig. a P Gonzalez Zamora, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-08-01 / obs. 89336238
Ferocactus mathssonii, photographed by P Gonzalez Zamora
fig. b P Gonzalez Zamora, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 89336557
Ferocactus mathssonii, photographed by P Gonzalez Zamora
fig. c P Gonzalez Zamora, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 89337193
Ferocactus mathssonii, photographed by P Gonzalez Zamora
fig. d P Gonzalez Zamora, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 89337545
Ferocactus mathssonii, photographed by P Gonzalez Zamora
fig. e P Gonzalez Zamora, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 89336918
Ferocactus mathssonii, photographed by P Gonzalez Zamora
fig. f P Gonzalez Zamora, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 89336972
Ferocactus mathssonii, photographed by P Gonzalez Zamora
fig. g P Gonzalez Zamora, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 89336612
Ferocactus mathssonii, photographed by P Gonzalez Zamora
fig. h P Gonzalez Zamora, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 89337032

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Native range 1 botanical country

Regions where Ferocactus mathssonii is native: Mexico Northeast Mexico Northeast
Native distribution of Ferocactus mathssonii, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Mexico Northeast MXE NORTHERN AMERICA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 16 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Ancistrocactus crassihamatus (F.A.C.Weber) L.D.Benson
  • Ancistrocactus mathssonii (Berge ex K.Schum.) Doweld
  • Ancistrocactus uncinatus subsp. crassihamatus (F.A.C.Weber) Doweld
  • Echinocactus crassihamatus F.A.C.Weber
  • Echinocactus mathssonii Berge ex K.Schum.
  • Echinocactus mathssonii Berge
  • Ferocactus crassihamatus (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose
  • Glandulicactus crassihamatus (F.A.C.Weber) Backeb.
  • Glandulicactus mathssonii (Berge ex K.Schum.) Wozniak
  • Glandulicactus mathssonii (Berge ex K.Schum.) D.J.Ferguson
  • Hamatocactus crassihamatus (F.A.C.Weber) Buxb.
  • Hamatocactus uncinatus subsp. crassihamatus (F.A.C.Weber) Glass
  • Pediocactus uncinatus var. crassihamatus (F.A.C.Weber) Halda
  • Sclerocactus uncinatus subsp. crassihamatus (F.A.C.Weber) N.P.Taylor
  • Sclerocactus uncinatus var. crassihamatus (F.A.C.Weber) N.P.Taylor
  • Thelocactus crassihamatus (F.A.C.Weber) W.T.Marshall

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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