Ferocactus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Latin ferus (“fierce, wild”) + Cactus (the genus from which it was separated)
Proper noun edit
Ferocactus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – barrel cactuses.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Cactaceae - family; Cactoideae - subfamily; Cacteae - tribe
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Ferocactus wislizeni (candy barrel cactus) - type species
References edit
Ferocactus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Ferocactus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Ferocactus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
