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Discocactus heptacanthus (Barb.Rodr.) Britton & Rose

This species name was first published in Cactaceae 3: 218, f. 232. 1922.

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-0000651972.

Synonyms of Discocactus heptacanthus (Barb.Rodr.) Britton & Rose

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Neodiscocactus heptacanthus (Barb.Rodr.) Y.Itô Cactaceae: 532. 1981. wfo-0000380064
Discocactus flavispinus Buining & Brederoo Discocactus: 157. 1976. wfo-0000651958
Discocactus hartmannii var. magnimammus (Buining & Brederoo) P.J.Braun in Kakteen And. Sukk. 36: 23. 1985. wfo-0000651964
Discocactus hartmannii subsp. magnimammus (Buining & Brederoo) P.J.Braun & Esteves in Kakteen And. Sukk. 46: 64. 1995. wfo-0000651965
Discocactus heptacanthus subsp. magnimammus (Buining & Brederoo) N.P.Taylor & Zappi in Bradleya 9: 86. 1991. wfo-0000651974
Discocactus heptacanthus subsp. melanochlorus (Buining & Brederoo) P.J.Braun & Esteves in Kakteen And. Sukk. 44: 103. 1993. wfo-0000651975
Discocactus heptacanthus var. semicampaniflorus (Buining & Brederoo) P.J.Braun & Esteves in Kakteen And. Sukk. 44: 103. 1993. wfo-0000651976
Discocactus magnimammus Buining & Brederoo in Kakteen And. Sukk. 25: 242. 1974. wfo-0000651986
Discocactus melanochlorus Buining & Brederoo Discocactus: 135. 1976. wfo-0000651989
Discocactus semicampaniflorus Buining & Brederoo in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 47: 122. 1975. wfo-0000652008
Discocactus silicicola Buining & Brederoo in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 47: 214. 1975. wfo-0000652010
Discocactus squamibaccatus Buining & Brederoo Discocactus: 183. 1976. wfo-0000652013
Discocactus subterraneo-proliferans Diers & Esteves in Kakteen And. Sukk. 31: 271. 1980. wfo-0000652015
Discocactus patulifolius Buining & Brederoo Kakteen And. Sukk. 25: 195 (-197), figs. 1974 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001253758
Malacocarpus heptacanthus Barb.Rodr. Pl. Mattogr.: 29. 1898. wfo-0001288400
Discocactus heptacanthus subsp. goiasensis P.J.Braun in Kakteen And. Sukk. 70(11): 347. 2019. wfo-0001302984