View source for Ancistrocactus brevihamatus

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|accepted_name=Ancistrocactus brevihamatus
|accepted_authority=(Engelmann) Britton & Rose
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Cact.
|place=4: 5. 1923
|year=1923
}}
|common_names=Short-spined fishhook cactus;Tobusch cactus
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Echinocactus brevihamatus
|authority=Engelmann
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Ancistrocactus tobuschii
|authority=(W. T. Marshal l) W. T. Marshall ex Backeberg
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sclerocactus brevihamatus
|authority=(Engelmann) D. R. Hunt
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sclerocactus brevihamatus subsp. tobuschii
|authority=(W. T. Marshall) N. P. Taylor
}}
|hierarchy=Cactaceae;Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae;Ancistrocactus;Ancistrocactus brevihamatus
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Cactaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Ancistrocactus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Ancistrocactus brevihamatus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 4
|mention_page=page 208, 211
|treatment_page=page 210
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>unbranched, deep-seated in substrate when young, inconspicuous. <b>Roots</b> diffuse or vertical, short, conic, cylindric, or hemispheric taproots, junction with stem obscure or inconspicuous. <b>Stems</b> spheric (to obconic or subcylindric in very old plants), flat-topped (in deep-seated young plants), (3–)4.5–10(–15) × (1.5–)4.5–8(–15) cm. <b>Spines</b>: radial spines 7–14(–18) per areole, opaque, yellowish to tan, tips yellow-brown to dark brown, turning gray, longest radial spines (5–)10–18(–29) × 0.1–0.5 mm; central spines (1–)4(–5) per areole; abaxial central spine 1 per areole, hooked (absent on immature plants and youngest adults), ± terete, angled, ridged, or dorsiventrally flattened, generally yellowish brown, rust, or dark brown, paler on abaxial surface, 7–43 × 0.4–1.5 mm; adaxial central spines (2–)3–4 per areole, erect, straight or weakly curved, adaxial surface flat (to 2 times as wide as thick), pale yellowish to gray or tan with dark tips, 1–2 times length of hooked spine (to at least 65 mm), to 1.1 mm wide. <b>Flowers</b>: inner tepals whitish, bright pink, or bright yellow, often pinkish brown or olive green with reddish brown midstripes. <b>Fruits</b> 8–25(–30) × 6–13 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jan–Mar.
|habitat=Tamaulipan thorn scrub, Chihuahuan desert scrub, sparse grasslands, oak and juniper woodlands, creosotebush flats, sedimentary substrates including limestone [and gypsum in Mexico], usually not on steep slopes, rocky to gravelly soils
|elevation=300-1300 m
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Coahuila;Nuevo León).
|discussion=<p>Without its smaller flowers, indehiscent fruits, and different seeds, <i>Ancistrocactus brevihamatus</i> is deceptively similar to certain species in the related genus <i>Sclerocactus</i>.</p><!--
--><p><i>Ancistrocactus</i> tobuschii pertains to the north-easternmost populations, from typical <i>A. brevihamatus</i> by yellow flowers, rarely with a hint of pink (pinkish, greenish, or brownish in <i>A. brevihamatus</i>), smaller stems and fruits, and thinner, more delicate and yellow spines. All of those characteristics, sometimes considered diagnostic for A. tobuschii, are unsatisfactory. The oldest plants of A. tobuschii are especially similar to <i>A. brevihamatus</i>, but A. tobuschii occupies marginal habitat and seldom survives long. Varietal status may be warranted for this and at least two other ecogeographical races within the species.</p>
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name=Ancistrocactus brevihamatus
|author=
|authority=(Engelmann) Britton & Rose
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Ancistrocactus tobuschii;Sclerocactus brevihamatus;Sclerocactus brevihamatus subsp. tobuschii
|basionyms=Echinocactus brevihamatus
|family=Cactaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jan–Mar.
|habitat=Tamaulipan thorn scrub, Chihuahuan desert scrub, sparse grasslands, oak and juniper woodlands, creosotebush flats, sedimentary substrates including limestone [and gypsum in Mexico], usually not on steep slopes, rocky to gravelly soils
|elevation=300-1300 m
|distribution=Tex.;Mexico (Coahuila;Nuevo León).
|reference=None
|publication title=Cact.
|publication year=1923
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V4/V4_391.xml
|subfamily=Cactaceae subfam. Cactoideae
|genus=Ancistrocactus
|species=Ancistrocactus brevihamatus
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