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The name Ferocactus acanthodes has been widely applied to this species but was based on a small plant of unknown origin (and the original specimen lost), and is therefore ambiguous (N. P. Taylor 1979).
The vernacular name "compass barrel" is sometimes misapplied to Ferocactus cylindraceus , which grows straight up in its old age, instead of leaning as would F. wislizeni.
The varieties recognized by L. D. Benson (1982) are not consistently distinguishable.
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Flora of North America Vol. 4: 243, 244, 245 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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