Sclerocactus mesae-verdae(Boissevain ex Hill & Salisbury) L.Benson
Cact. & Succt. J. (US) 38:54, 1966.Mesa Verde Cactus
Type: "Cortez, Colorado.. Type specimen deposited with the Dudley Herbarium of Stanford University, Palo Alto, California". Not found in 1965.
Neotype designation: southwest of Mesa Verde, south of Cortez, Colorado, Lyman, Evelyn L. & Robert L. Benson 16155, April 11, 1962, POM 306837.
Synonymy
Coloradoa mesae-verdae Boissevain & Davidson Colorado Cacti, 55, 1940.Echinocactus mesae-verdae (Boissevain ex Hill & Salisbury) L. Benson Leafl.West. Bot. 6:163, 1951.
Pediocactus mesae-verdae (Boissevain ex Hill & Salisbury) Arp Cact.& Succt. J. (US) 44:222, 1972
Other representative material studied.
| Colorado: | fh 060, Montezuma Co., 1,700 m, fh 060.1, Montezuma Co., 1,700 m, |
| New Mexico: | fh 061, Shiprock, 1,750 m, fh 061.1, Navajo Nation, fh 061.5, Shiprock Wash, fh 061.6, Tuntsa Wash, 1,815 m. |
Sclerocactus mesae-verdae, fh 060, Montezuma Co, Colorado, 1,700m
Sclerocactus mesae-verdae, fh 061, Shiprock, New Mexico, 1,750m