page_title: Ferocactus latispinus
section_title: Distribution
hierarchical_section_title: Ferocactus latispinus / Distribution
caption_attribution_description: Español: Cerro Mesa Ahumada. Viznaga uña de gato.
context_page_description: Ferocactus latispinus is a species of barrel cactus native to Mexico. Originally described as Cactus latispinus in 1824 by English naturalist Adrian Hardy Haworth, it gained its current name in 1922 with the erection of the genus Ferocactus by American botanists Britton and Rose. The species name is derived from the Latin latus "broad", and spinus "spine". Ferocactus recurvus is a former name for the species.
context_section_description: The species is endemic to Mexico; the more widely distributed subspecies latispinus ranges from southeastern Durango, through Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, east to the western parts of San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo and Puebla, as well as to eastern Jalisco, Guanajuato, Querétaro and Mexico State. Subspecies spiralis is restricted to the southern parts of Oaxaca and Puebla.
caption: Barrel cactus in Cerro Mesa Ahumada.
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