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Echinocactus Link & Otto

This genus name was first published in Verh. Vereins. Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 420. 1827.   Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000012908.

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Synonyms of Echinocactus

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Brittonrosea Speg. in Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 96: 69. 1923. — wfo-4000005455
Echinofossulocactus Lawr. in Gard. Mag. & Reg. Rural Domest. Improv. 17: 317. 1841. — wfo-4000012929
Emorycactus Doweld in Succulenta (Netherlands) 75: 270. 1996. — wfo-4000013324
Meyerocactus Doweld in Succulenta (Netherlands) 75: 271. 1996. — wfo-4000023980

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Echinocactus:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus acanthion Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 31. 1850. — wfo-0000660155
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus acutispinus Hildm. in Deutsche Gärt.-Zeitung 5: 44. 1895. — wfo-0001288403
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus adversispinus Muehlenpf. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 16: 10. 1848. — wfo-0000660171
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus amazonicus Witt in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 12: 29. 1902. — wfo-0000660180
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus armatissimus C.F.Först. in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 17: 162. 1861. — wfo-0000660195
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus aureicentrua Backeb. in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 4: 72. 1933. — wfo-0000660209
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus besleri (Link & Otto) Ser. Fl. Jard. 2: 295. 1847 [Apr 1847] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000057600
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus brachycentrus Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 31. 1850. — wfo-0000660232
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus brachycentrus var. oligacanthus Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 160. 1850. — wfo-0001430612
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus buchheimianus Haage in Quehl in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 9: 74. 1899. — wfo-0001288408
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus candidus Lawr. in Gard. Mag. (London) 17: 316. 1841. — wfo-0000660248
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus castaniensis F.A.C.Weber Dict. Hort.: 465. 1896. — wfo-0001288410
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus castaniensis Miers in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 5: 75. 1895. — wfo-0001288409
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus centeterius var. major Lem. & Monv. Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 91. 1839. — wfo-0000660263
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus cerebriformis Macloskie in Rep. Princeton Univ. Exp. Patagonia, Botany 8(2): 593. 1905. — wfo-0001288412
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus cereiformis DC. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 115. 1828. — wfo-0000660266
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus confertus C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 346. 1846. — wfo-0001288415
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus conimamma Linke ex K.Schum. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 5: 75. 1895. — wfo-0001288416
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus conquades C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 338. 1846. — wfo-0001288417
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus cristatus Lawr. in Gard. Mag. (London) 17: 316. 1841. — wfo-0000660314
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus cupulatus C.F.Först. in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 17: 161. 1861. — wfo-0001288421
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus darrahii K.Schum. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 12: 21. 1902. — wfo-0001288422
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus debilispinus A.Berg in Allg. Gartenzeitung 8: 131. 1840. — wfo-0000660326
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus dicracanthus Hortus ex Forbes Journ. Hort. Tour Germ.: 160. 1837. — wfo-0001288430
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus dietrichii Ser. Fl. Jard. 2: 331. 1847 [Apr 1847] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200069391
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus dyckii Ser. Fl. Jard. 2: 302. 1847 [Apr 1847] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000057601
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus echinatus J.Forbes in Journ. Hort. Tour Germ.: 152. 1837. — wfo-0001288434
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus elatior Lem. Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 23. 1839. — wfo-0001288509
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus elegans Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 86. 1837. — wfo-0000660383
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus ellemeetii Miq. in Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 4: 337. 1859. — wfo-0000660385
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus emoryi var. chrysacanthus K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. Nachtr.: 99. 1903. — wfo-0000738774
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus flavicoma Endl. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 19: 139. 1909. — wfo-0001288437
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus flexuosus A.Dietr. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 19: 347. 1851. — wfo-0000660417
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus fluctuosus A.Dietr. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 19: 154. 1851. — wfo-0000660419
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus foersteri Stieber in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 5: 491. 1847. — wfo-0000660421
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus foersteri Stieber in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 5: 491. 1847. — wfo-0001430623
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus foliosus (Gillies ex Loudon) Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 536. 1840. — wfo-0000660422
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus gigas Pfeiff. ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 347. 1846. — wfo-0001288438
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus glabrescens F.A.C.Weber in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 8: 98. 1898. — wfo-0001288443
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus griseispinus Jacobi in Allg. Gartenzeitung 24: 99. 1856. — wfo-0000660479
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus hemifossus Lem. in Ill. Hort. 5(Misc.): 10. 1858. — wfo-0000660506
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus hemifossus var. gracilispinus Wight in Ill. Hort. 5(Misc.): 10. 1858. — wfo-0000738787
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus hempelianus K.Schum. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 15: 178. 1905. — wfo-0001288444
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus hexacanthus Muehlenpf. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 14: 369. 1846. — wfo-0000660513
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus hexaedrus Scheidw. in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 6: 89. 1839. — wfo-0000660521
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus heyderi A.Dietr. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 14: 170. 1846. — wfo-0000660522
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus heynei Markgr. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 20: 190. 1910. — wfo-0001288446
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus horizonthalonius subsp. australis M.A.Baker Diversity (Basel) 14-1020: 11. 2022 [23 Nov 2022] [epublished] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200024974
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus hystrichocentrus A.Berg in Allg. Gartenzeitung 8: 131. 1840. — wfo-0000660551
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus hystrichodes Lem. Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 17. 1839. — wfo-0001262795
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus inflatus Gillies ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 536. 1840. — wfo-0001288449
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus insignis (Pfeiff.) Ser. Fl. Jard. 2: 295. 1847 [Apr 1847] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200069390
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus jenischianus Pfeiff. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 8: 406. 1840. — wfo-0000660576
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus junori Turcz. ex Kar. & Kir. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 8: 107. 1898. — wfo-0001288452
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus lancifer Rchb. ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 320. 1843. — wfo-0000660599
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus latispinosus Link & Otto in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 6: 431. 1830. — wfo-0001288458
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus lecontei var. albispinus Kuhlm. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 17: 32. 1907. — wfo-0000738793
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus lecontei var. hagei Miq. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 14: 144. 1904. — wfo-0000738794
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus lehmannii (Pfeiff.) Ser. Fl. Jard. 2: 295. 1847 [Apr 1847] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000057599
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus lindleya C.F.Först. in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 17: 162. 1861. — wfo-0000660622
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus linkeanus A.Dietr. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 16: 298. 1848. — wfo-0000660623
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus longispinus Scheidw. in: Förster, C.F., Handb. Cacteenk.: 347. 1846. — wfo-0001288462
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus macrocephalus Muehlenpf. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 14: 370. 1846. — wfo-0000660647
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus mammillifer Miq. in Linnaea 12: 8. 1838. — wfo-0000660659
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus mariposensis (Hester) D.Weniger – — wfo-0000660664
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus marisianus Galeotti ex K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 339. 1897–1899. — wfo-0001288464
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus marquinatus Salm-Dyck – — wfo-0001288374
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus martinii Cels ex K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 297. 1897–1899. — wfo-0001288465
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus mcdowellii Orcutt in W. Amer. Sci. 8(77): 118. 1894. — wfo-0001430646
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus melanacanthus Monv. – — wfo-0001288466
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus merckeri Hildm. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 5: 92. 1905. — wfo-0001288467
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus micracanthus Fennell in: Förster, C.F., Handb. Cacteenk.: 347. 1846. — wfo-0001288468
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus multangularis Voigt ex K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 348. 1897–1899. — wfo-0001288470
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus multicostatus Rebut Cat. Cact. Pl. Grasses Diverses: 3. 1886. — wfo-0001430650
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus mutabilis C.F.Först. in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 17: 161. 1861. — wfo-0000660707
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus neumannianus Labour. Monogr. Cact.: 245. 1853. — wfo-0000660720
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus ochroleucus Jacobi in Allg. Gartenzeitung 24: 101. 1856. — wfo-0000660735
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus octacanthus Muehlenpf. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 16: 10. 1848. — wfo-0000660736
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus olacogonus Audot in Rev. Hort. 6: 248. 1845. — wfo-0001288475
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus oreptilis Haage in: Förster, C.F., Handb. Cacteenk.: 347. 1846. — wfo-0001288476
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus ourselianus var. albispinus Hand.-Mazz. ex Pax & K.Hoffm. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 5: 111. 1895. — wfo-0000738807
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus oxyacanthus J.Forbes in Journ. Hort. Tour Germ.: 152. 1837. — wfo-0001288478
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus pelachicus Markgr. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 20: 39. 1910. — wfo-0001288480
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus pepinianus K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 420. 1897–1899. — wfo-0000660785
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus phyllantoides Lem. Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 28. 1839. — wfo-0000660794
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus platycarpus Hort. ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 347. 1846. — wfo-0001288484
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus plicatilis Irmsch. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 1: 22. 1891. — wfo-0001288485
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus pluricostatus Gagnep. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 4: 193. 1894. — wfo-0001288486
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus praegnacanthus C.F.Först. in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 17: 160. 1861. — wfo-0000660828
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus pseudocereus Meinsh. in Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 1: 29. 1858. — wfo-0000660833
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus pulverulentus Muehlenpf. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 16: 9. 1848. — wfo-0000660838
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus punctulatus Kitag. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 5: 106. 1895. — wfo-0001288488
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus purpureus Y.C.Chu in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 5: 106. 1895. — wfo-0001288489
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus pyramidalis Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 86. 1837. — wfo-0000660846
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus pyramidatus C.F.Först. in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 17: 162. 1861. — wfo-0000660847
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus rapa Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Regel Sert. Petrop.: t. 33. 1869. — wfo-0000660855
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus raphidacanthus Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 160. 1850. — wfo-0000660856
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus raphidocentrus Jacobi in Allg. Gartenzeitung 24: 101. 1856. — wfo-0000660857
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus rebutii F.A.C.Weber in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 5: 107. 1895. — wfo-0001288490
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus retusus Scheidw. in: Förster, C.F., Handb. Cacteenk.: 347. 1846. — wfo-0001288491
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus rhodanthus J.Forbes in Journ. Hort. Tour Germ.: 151. 1837. — wfo-0001288492
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus rosaceus Otto in Allg. Gartenzeitung 1: 364. 1833. — wfo-0001288495
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus rotherianus F.Haage ex H.Quehl in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 9: 74. 1899. — wfo-0000660884
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus salmii Jacobi in Allg. Gartenzeitung 19: 9. 1851. — wfo-0000660893
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus saltensis Speg. in Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, ser. 3 4: 487. 1905. — wfo-0000660895
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus sclerothrix Lehm. in Index Seminum (HBG, Hamburgensis): . 1938. — wfo-0000660914
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus sessiliflorus Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 56. 1837. — wfo-0000660938
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus sessilis Ser. Fl. Jard. 2: 311. 1847 [Apr 1847] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000057602
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus sickmannii Liebm. Index Seminum (HBG) 1837: 7. 1837. — wfo-0000743805
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus sparathacanthus Mart. in: Förster, C.F., Handb. Cacteenk.: 344. 1846. — wfo-0001288500
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus spectabilis Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 61. 1837. — wfo-0001288501
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus spinosissimus J.Forbes in Journ. Hort. Tour Germ.: 152. 1837. — wfo-0001288503
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus subgrandicornis Haage in: Förster, C.F., Handb. Cacteenk.: 347. 1846. — wfo-0001288505
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus subniger Poselg. ex Rümpler Handb. Cacteenk.: 588. 1886. — wfo-0000660994
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus tenuiflorus Link in: Salm-Dyck, J., Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 20. 1844. — wfo-0001288506
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus teretispinus Lem. Hort. Universel 6: 60. 1844. — wfo-0000661011
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus tetracentrus Lem. Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 31. 1839. — wfo-0000661014
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus thelephorus Hortus in Forbes in Journ. Hort. Tour Germ.: 152. 1837. — wfo-0001288508
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus towensis Cels in: Schumann, K.M., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 409. 1898. — wfo-0001288510
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus tribolacanthus Monv. ex Labour. Monogr. Cact.: 221. 1853. — wfo-0000661027
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus trifurcatus Jacobi in Allg. Gartenzeitung 24: 100. 1856. — wfo-0000661032
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus urselianus Monv. in: Salm-Dyck, J., Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 34. 1850. — wfo-0000661050
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus uruguensis K.Schum. – — wfo-0001289284
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus vargasii Regel & Klein bis Index Seminum [St. Petersburg (Petropolitanus)] 1860: 48. 1860. — wfo-0000661059
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus verutum C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 344. 1846. — wfo-0001288511
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus villifer Scheidw. in: Förster, C.F., Handb. Cacteenk.: 347. 1846. — wfo-0001288512
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus weingartianus Haage Jr. in Quehl in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 9: 73. 1899. — wfo-0001288514
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus wilhelmii S.A.Mori in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 5: 108. 1895. — wfo-0001288515
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus wislizeni var. latispinus Schelle Handb. Kakteenkult.: 168. 1907. — wfo-0000738927