Sclerocactus whipplei

Sclerocactus whipplei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Sclerocactus
Species:	S. whipplei
Binomial name
	Sclerocactus whipplei; (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Britton & Rose

Sclerocactus whipplei, or Whipple's fishhook cactus,^[1] is a cactus (family Cactaceae) found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the southwestern United States.^[2]^: 116

The cactus was named in honor of Lieut. Amiel Weeks Whipple (1818-1863) the military engineer/surveyor, who led boundary survey team that identified the cactus specimen.

References

^ NRCS. "Sclerocactus whipplei". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 8 November 2015.
^ Canyon Country Wildflowers, Damian Fagan, 2nd ed., 2012, Morris Bush Publishing, LLC. in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association, ISBN 978-0-7627-7013-7

[1] NRCS. "Sclerocactus whipplei". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 8 November 2015.

[CCW-2] Canyon Country Wildflowers, Damian Fagan, 2nd ed., 2012, Morris Bush Publishing, LLC. in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association, ISBN 978-0-7627-7013-7

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