Cactaceae
Chihuahuan fishhook cactus
Ferocactus uncinatus
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Ferocactus
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 罗纱锦
- Dutch
- Kromdoornhoorncactus
- English
- Chihuahuan fishhook cactus, Chihuahuan fish-hook cactus
- Spanish
- Biznaga-bola Uncinada
Synonyms
- Ancistrocactus uncinatus (Galeotti ex Pfeiff.) L.D.Benson
- Ancistrocactus uncinatus subsp. wrightii (Engelm.) Doweld
- Ancistrocactus uncinatus var. wrightii (Engelm.) L.D.Benson
- Echinocactus ancylacanthus Monv. ex Labour.
- Echinocactus uncinatus Galeotti ex Pfeiff.
- Echinocactus uncinatus f. wrightii (Engelm.) Schelle
- Echinocactus uncinatus var. wrightii Engelm.
- Echinocactus wrightii (Engelm.) Small
- Echinocactus wrightii J.M.Coult.
- Echinomastus uncinatus (Galeotti ex Pfeiff.) F.M.Knuth
- Echinomastus uncinatus var. wrightii (Engelm.) F.M.Knuth
- Ferocactus uncinatus var. wrightii (Engelm.) N.P.Taylor
- Glandulicactus uncinatus (Galeotti ex Pfeiff.) Backeb.
- Glandulicactus uncinatus subsp. uncinatus
- Glandulicactus uncinatus subsp. wrightii (Engelm.) U.Guzmán
- Glandulicactus uncinatus var. wrightii (Engelm.) Backeb.
- Glandulicactus wrightii (Engelm.) D.J.Ferguson
- Hamatocactus uncinatus (Galeotti ex Pfeiff.) Buxb.
- Hamatocactus uncinatus var. wrightii (Engelm.) Bravo
- Hamatocactus wrightii (Engelm.) Orcutt
- Pediocactus uncinatus (Galeotti ex Pfeiff.) Halda
- Pediocactus uncinatus var. wrightii (Engelm.) Halda
- Sclerocactus uncinatus (Galeotti ex Pfeiff.) N.P.Taylor
- Sclerocactus uncinatus subsp. wrightii (Engelm.) N.P.Taylor
- Sclerocactus uncinatus var. wrightii (Engelm.) N.P.Taylor
- Thelocactus uncinatus (Galeotti ex Pfeiff.) W.T.Marshall
- Thelocactus uncinatus var. wrightii (Engelm.) H.P.Kelsey & Dayton
Photos
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Photo: Kevin Floyd, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.