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Thelocactus leucacanthus (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose

This species name was first published in Cactaceae 4: 8–9, f. 7. 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-0001256540.

Synonyms of Thelocactus leucacanthus (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Mammillaria maelenii Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 14. 1845. wfo-0000369291
Cereus maelenii Pfeiff. Allg. Gartenzeitung 5: 379. 1837. wfo-0000597327
Cereus tuberosus Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 102. 1837. wfo-0000597782
Echinocactus ehrenbergii Pfeiff. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 7: 275. 1838. wfo-0000660378
Echinocactus leucacanthus Zucc. ex Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 66. 1837. wfo-0000660612
Echinocactus maelenii Salm-Dyck ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 288. 1846. wfo-0000660655
Echinocactus porrectus Lem. Cact. Aliq. Nov.: 17. 1838. wfo-0000660824
Echinocactus subporrectus Lem. Cact. Aliq. Nov.: 25. 1838. wfo-0000660996
Echinocactus theloideus Salm-Dyck in Allg. Gartenzeitung 18: 395. 1850. wfo-0000661020
Echinocactus tuberosus Salm-Dyck ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 287. 1846. wfo-0000661037
Ferocactus leucacanthus (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) N.P.Taylor in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 41: 90. 1979. wfo-0000686315
Thelocactus sanchezmejoradae J.Meyrán in Cact. Suc. Mex. 3(4): 78, f. 48. 1958. wfo-0001258267
Thelocactus leucacanthus subsp. leucacanthus wfo-0001286327
Thelocactus ehrenbergii (Pfeiff.) F.M.Knuth Kaktus-ABC: 359. 1936. wfo-0001286328
Thelocactus leucacanthus var. ehrenbergii (Pfeiff.) Bravo in Cact. Suc. Mex. 25: 65. 1980. wfo-0001286329
Thelocactus leucacanthus var. porrectus (Lem.) Backeb. Cactaceae 5: 2818. 1961. wfo-0001286330
Thelocactus porrectus (Lem.) F.M.Knuth Kaktus-ABC: 361. 1936. wfo-0001286331
Thelocactus leucacanthus subsp. schmollii (Werderm.) Mosco & Zanov. in Cactaceae Consensus Init. 7: 18. 1999. wfo-0001286332
Thelocactus leucacanthus var. sanchezmejoradae (J.Meyrán) Backeb. Cactaceae 5: 2817. 1961. wfo-0001286334
Thelocactus leucacanthus var. schmollii Werderm. wfo-0001286335
Echinocactus leucacanthus var. crassior Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 35, 172. 1850. wfo-0001430638
Echinocactus leucacanthus var. tuberosus C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 287. 1846. wfo-0001430639
Echinocactus tuberosus var. subporrectus C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 523. 1846. wfo-0001430681