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December 2023

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Ferocactus histrix (DC.) G.E.Linds.

This species name was first published in in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 27: 171. 1955.

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-0000686303.

Synonyms of Ferocactus histrix (DC.) G.E.Linds.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Bisnaga electracantha (Lem.) Orcutt in Cactography 1: . 1926. wfo-0000566075
Bisnaga histrix (DC.) Doweld in Sukkulenty 2: 28. 1999. wfo-0000566079
Echinocactus coulteri G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 162. 1834. wfo-0000660304
Echinocactus electracanthus Lem. Cact. Aliq. Nov.: 24. 1838. wfo-0000660380
Echinocactus histrix DC. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 115. 1828. wfo-0000660523
Echinocactus hystrichacanthus Lem. Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 17. 1839. wfo-0000660550
Echinocactus melocactiformis DC. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 38. 1828. wfo-0000660673
Echinocactus oxypterus Zucc. ex Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 57. 1837. wfo-0000660764
Echinocactus pfersdorffii Schelle Handb. Kakteenkult.: 203. 1907. wfo-0000660788
Echinocactus pycnoxyphus Lem. Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 16. 1839. wfo-0000660843
Echinofossulocactus oxypterus (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Lawr. in Gard. Mag. (London) 17: 318. 1841. wfo-0000661737
Ferocactus melocactiformis (DC.) Britton & Rose Cactaceae 3: 138. 1922. wfo-0000686321
Echinocactus electracanthus var. rufispinus Müll.Arg. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 3: 70. 1893. wfo-0000738773