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December 2023

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Coryphantha echinus (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

This species name was first published in Cactaceae 4: 42. 1923.

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0001288385.

Synonyms of Coryphantha echinus (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cactus echinus (Engelm.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260. 1891. wfo-0000577801
Cactus pectinatus (Engelm.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 259. 1891. wfo-0000578083
Coryphantha cornifera var. echinus (Engelm.) L.D.Benson in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41: 189. 1969. wfo-0000623232
Coryphantha echinus (Engelm.) Orcutt Circular to Cactus Fanciers: . 1922. wfo-0000623252
Coryphantha echinus var. robusta A.M.Powell Cacti Trans-Pecos: 455. 2004. wfo-0000623253
Coryphantha pectinata (Engelm.) Britton & Rose Cactaceae 4: 34. 1923. wfo-0000623343
Coryphantha radians var. echinus (Engelm.) Y.Itô Cacti: 115. 1952. wfo-0000623364
Coryphantha radians var. pectinata (Engelm.) Borg Cacti: 294. 1937. wfo-0000623367
Mammillaria radians var. echinus (Engelm.) K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 496. 1897–1899. wfo-0001257683
Mammillaria echinus Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 267. 1856. wfo-0001288384
Mammillaria pertinata Engelm. wfo-0001288393
Mammillaria pectinata Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 266–267. 1856. wfo-0001288901
Mammillaria radians f. echinus (Engelm.) Schelle Handb. Kakteenkult.: 240. 1907. wfo-0001432174