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Navajoa peeblesiana subs. menzelii (Hochstätter) Hochstätter
Gen. Pediocactus Navajoa Toumeya 44. 2007
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Pediocactus peeblesianus f. menzelii Hájek
Kaktusy (Brno) 36(3): 73. 2000

Navajoa peeblesiana subs. menzelii (Pediocactus peeblesianus f. menzelii) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
RP 116 South-West of Grand Canyon, Hualapai Hiltop Area, Coconino County, Arizona, USA

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Pediocactus peeblesianus (Croizat) L.D.Benson
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 34: 58. 1962
Synonymy: 6 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Pediocactus peeblesianus subs. fickeisenii (Hochstätter) Lüthy
Kakteen Sukk. 50(11): 278 (1999)
Synonymy: 7 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Pediocactus peeblesianus f. maius (Hochstätter) Hájek
Kaktusy (Brno) 36(3): 73. 2000 as 'maianus':
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Pediocactus peeblesianus f. menzelii Hájek
Kaktusy (Brno) 36(3): 73. 2000
Synonymy: 3
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Menzel´s Cactus, Cataract Creek Cactus, Navajo Cactus, Peeble's Cactus, Peeble's Hedghog Cactus

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Pediocactus peeblesianus group

  • Pediocactus peeblesianus (Croizat) L.D.Benson: has white to pale grey corky/spongy, and flexible not obscuring the stem.Central spine: (3-)4 (rarely 6), of oftene flattened into a Maltese cross arrangement. Radial spines: 3-7 per areole. Distribution: Navajo County, Arizona.
  • Pediocactus peeblesianus subs. fickeisenii (Hochstätter) Lüthy: Has longer and thinner corky/spongy, white to pale grey spines. Central spine: 1-4 stout, wormlike, curved, ascending 0,5-2,5 cm long. Radial spines: 3 to 7. Distribution: Grand Canyon Area, Arizona.
  • Pediocactus peeblesianus subs. fickeisenii f. cristatus hort.: crested form.
  • Pediocactus peeblesianus f. maius (Hochstätter) Hájek: is a controversial forms of Pediocactus peeblesianus that should actually be regarded as non-existent (nomen nudum) because is based on a juvenile form of another taxon (Echinocereus fendleri).
  • Pediocactus peeblesianus f. menzelii Hájek: has radial and central (rarely all radial) soft corky or spongy, "fatter" than in the ptype, white to pale grey and sometimes 0-1 intermediate spines per areole. Distribution: Coconino County, Arizona

1807 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Navajoa peeblesiana subs. menzelii (Pediocactus peeblesianus f. menzelii) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
1809 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Navajoa peeblesiana subs. menzelii (Pediocactus peeblesianus f. menzelii) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

1812 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Pediocactus peeblesianus forma menzelii (Pediocactus peeblesianus f. menzelii) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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Navajoa peeblesiana subs. menzelii (Pediocactus peeblesianus f. menzelii) Photo by: Cactus Art

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Navajoa peeblesiana subs. menzelii (Pediocactus peeblesianus f. menzelii) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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Navajoa peeblesiana subs. menzelii (Pediocactus peeblesianus f. menzelii) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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Navajoa peeblesiana subs. menzelii (Pediocactus peeblesianus f. menzelii) Photo by: Prof. Ilham Alakbarov
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Navajoa peeblesiana subs. menzelii (Pediocactus peeblesianus f. menzelii) Photo by: Cactus Art

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