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December 2023

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Coryphantha retusa (Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose

This species name was first published in Cactaceae 4: 38. 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-0000623379.

Synonyms of Coryphantha retusa (Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Melocactus cephalophora Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 137. 1845. wfo-0000369391
Cactus retusus (Pfeiff.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261. 1891. wfo-0000578176
Coryphantha melleospina Bravo in Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 25: 526. 1954. wfo-0000623304
Coryphantha retusa var. pallidispina Backeb. Cactaceae 6: 3874. 1962. wfo-0000623380
Mammillaria retusa Pfeiff. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 5: 369. 1837. wfo-0001288396
Coryphantha retusa var. melleospina (Bravo) Bravo in Cact. Suc. Mex. 27: 17. 1982. wfo-0001430533
Melocactus mammillariiformis Salm-Dyck in Allg. Gartenzeitung 4(19): 148. 1836. wfo-0001432484