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As classified in WFO snapshot

December 2023

latest classification for this taxon

genus

Echinocereus Engelm.

This genus name was first published in Mem. Tour N. Mexico: 91. 1848.

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-4000012914.

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Synonyms of Echinocereus

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Wilcoxia	Britton & Rose	in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 434. 1909.	—	wfo-4000040711

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Unplaced Names

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

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Echinocereus aggregatus	(Engelm.) Rydb.	in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 146. 1906.	—	wfo-0000661145
Echinocereus bicolor	Galeotti ex Pfeiff.	Abbild. Beschr. Cact. 2: t. 25. 1848.	—	wfo-0001236180
Echinocereus boliviensis	Poselg.	in: Schumann, K.M., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 290. 1898.	—	wfo-0001288521
Echinocereus ehrenbergii var. cristatus	C.F.Först.	Handb. Cacteenk.: 776. 1885.	—	wfo-0000738826
Echinocereus fendleri	Seitz	–	—	wfo-0001255768
Echinocereus galtieri	Miers	in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 5: 124. 1895.	—	wfo-0001288530
Echinocereus grahamii	Teijsm. & Binn.	in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 20: 47. 1910.	—	wfo-0001288532
Echinocereus havermansii	Rebut	Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 290. 1898.	—	wfo-0001288533
Echinocereus malibranii	Rebut	–	—	wfo-0001288544
Echinocereus mamillosus	Rümpler	Handb. Cacteenk.: 787. 1885.	—	wfo-0001288545
Echinocereus penicilliformis	Linke	in Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 1: 85. 1858.	—	wfo-0000661414
Echinocereus persolutus	C.F.Först.	in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 17: 163. 1861.	—	wfo-0000661425
Echinocereus platyacanthus	Link & Otto	–	—	wfo-0001286964
Echinocereus polycephalus	Britton & Rose	American Cyclopedia of Horticulture 3: 44. 1910.	—	wfo-0001288518
Echinocereus princeps	C.F.Först.	in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 17: 163. 1861.	—	wfo-0000661442
Echinocereus propinquus	Bremek.	in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 5: 124. 1895.	—	wfo-0001288555
Echinocereus raphicephalus	C.F.Först.	in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 17: 164. 1861.	—	wfo-0000661461
Echinocereus reichii	Frič	in Möller's Deutsche Gärtn.-Zeitung 46: 267. 1931.	—	wfo-0000661480
Echinocereus thurberi	Rydb.	in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 3: 153. 1893.	—	wfo-0001288565
Echinocereus thwaitesii	K.Schum.	Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 290. 1897–1899.	—	wfo-0001288566
Echinocereus trichacanthus	Wimm.	–	—	wfo-0001288567
Echinocereus trockyi	Bateman ex Lindl.	Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 28(8): [97]. 1918.	—	wfo-0001288568
Echinocereus zapalinamensis	W.Blum & J.Flores Ventura	Echinocereenfreund 35(Sonderpublikation): 342. 2022 [15 Oct 2022]		wfo-1000041653