- Family:
- Cactaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Ferocactus Britton & Rose
Ferocactus viridescens (Torr. & A.Gray) Britton & Rose

Native to:
California, Mexico Northwest
- Echinocactus acanthodes Lem.
- Echinocactus cylindraceus Engelm.
- Echinocactus orcuttii Engelm. ex Orcutt
- Echinocactus viridescens Torr. & A.Gray
- Ferocactus acanthodes (Lem.) Britton & Rose
- Ferocactus californicus (Monv. ex Labour.) Borg
- Ferocactus orcuttii (Engelm. ex Orcutt) Britton & Rose
- Ferocactus viridescens var. littoralis G.E.Linds.
- Ferocactus viridescens subsp. littoralis (G.E.Linds.) F.Wolf & R.Wolf
- Ferocactus viridescens var. orcuttii (Engelm. ex Orcutt) G.Unger
- Ferocactus viridescens subsp. orcuttii (Engelm. ex Orcutt) F.Wolf & R.Wolf
- Melocactus viridescens (Torr. & A.Gray) Nutt. ex Teschem.
Ferocactus viridescens (Torr. & A.Gray) Britton & Rose appears in other Kew resources:
First published in Cact. 3: 140 (1922)
Accepted by
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2003). Flora of North America North of Mexico 4: 1-559. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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