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406.0000 Family Cactaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 310 (1789), nom. cons.
133 genera, ca. 1700-1800 spp. There has been excessive splitting, leading to over 3000 species in some collectors view. The phylogeny is still somewhat in flux, but is getting more stabilized now. It should be good practice in the future that each ´new species´ description is confirmed by molecular genetics, not only by morphology.
Species listed in database: 1809; hybrids: 78
= Cereaceae DC. & Spreng.(transl.Jameson); Elem. Philos. Pl. 142 (1821)
= Mammillariaceae D.L.Fu; Amer. J. Agric. Forest. 12(5): 352 (2024)
= Nopaleaceae E.Schmid & Curtman; Pflanzenreich [Petermann] 2: 135 (1856)
= Opuntiaceae Desv.; Dict. Rais. Bot. 52, 385 (1817)
406.5212 Genus Stenocactus (K.Schum.) A.Berger; Kakteen [Berger] 244 (1929)
Distribution: Mexico (Chihuahua to Oaxaca). Probably to be included in Ferocactus s. lat.
Species listed in database: 9; hybrids: 1
= Echinofossulocactus Lawr.; Gard. Mag. & Reg. Rural Domest. Improv. 17: 317 (1841)
= Thelocactus Britton & Rose; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 49: 251 (1922)
= Brittonrosea Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 96: 69 (1923), nom. superfl.
= Eofossus Orcutt; Cactography 5 (1926)
species :
Stenocactus boedekerianus A.Berger; Kakteen [Berger] 346 (1929)
Distribution: NE-Mexico
79 MEX
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
Synonyms: hidden
= Echinocactus boedekerianus A.Berger; Kakteen [Berger] 246 (1929)
= Echinofossulocactus boedekerianus (A.Berger) Croizat; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 14: 111 (1942)
species :
Stenocactus coptonogonus (Lem.) A.Berger; Kakteen [Berger] 244, 346 (1929)
Distribution: Mexico (Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz, Zacatecas)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Brittonrosea coptonogona (Lem.) Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 96: 69 (1923)
= Echinocactus coptonogonus Lem.; Cact. Aliq. Nov. 23 (1838)
= Echinocactus coptonogonus var. major Lem.; Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov. 87 (1839)
= Echinocactus interruptus Scheidw. ex Salm-Dyck; Cact. Hort. Dyck. [1849 ed.]: 29 (1850)
= Echinofossulocactus coptonogonus (Lem.) Lawr.; Gard. Mag. & Reg. Rural Domest. Improv. 17: 317 (1841), Britton & Rose, Cactaceae, iii 110 (1922)
= Echinofossulocactus coptonogonus var. major Lawr.; Gard. Mag. & Reg. Rural Domest. Improv. 17: 317 (1841)
= Efossus coptonogonus (Lem.) Orcutt; Cactography 5 (1926)
= Ferocactus coptonogonus (Lem.) N.P.Taylor; Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 42(4): 108 (1980)
species :
Stenocactus crispatus (DC.) A.Berger; Kakteen [Berger] 248, 346 (1929)
Distribution: Mexico (Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Mexico State, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Brittonrosea anfractuosa (Mart. ex Pfeiff.) Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 96: 69 (1923)
= Brittonrosea arrigens (Link ex A.Dietr.) Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 96: 69 (1923)
= Brittonrosea confusa (Britton & Rose) Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 96: 69 (1923)
= Brittonrosea crispata (DC.) Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 96: 69 (1923)
= Brittonrosea dichroacantha (Mart. ex Pfeiff.) Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 96: 69 (1923)
= Brittonrosea grandicornis (Lem.) Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 96: 69 (1923)
= Brittonrosea lamellosa (A.Dietr.) Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 96: 69 (1923)
= Brittonrosea lancifera (A.Dietr.) Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 96: 69 (1923)
= Brittonrosea violaciflora (Quehl) Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 96: 70 (1923)
= Brittonrosea wippermannii (Muehlenpf.) Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 96: 70 (1923)
= Cactus crispatus Moc. & Sessé ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 3: 462 (1828)
= Echinocactus acifer Hopffer ex C.F.Först.; Handb. Cacteenk. [Förster] 520 (1846)
= Echinocactus acroacanthus Stieber; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 5: 491 (1847)
= Echinocactus allardtianus A.Dietr.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 15: 178 (1847)
= Echinocactus anfractuosus Mart. ex Pfeiff.; Enum. Diagn. Cact. 63 (1837)
= Echinocactus anfractuosus var. ensifer (Lem.) Salm-Dyck; Cact. Hort. Dyck. [1849 ed.]: 31 (1850)
= Echinocactus anfractuosus var. spinosior Monv. ex Lem.; Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov. 89 (1839)
= Echinocactus arrigens Link ex A.Dietr.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 8: 161 (1840)
= Echinocactus arrigens var. atropurpureus Salm-Dyck; Cact. Hort. Dyck. [1849 ed.]: 31 (1850)
= Echinocactus arrigens var. xiphacanthus (Miq.) Schelle; Handb. Kakteenkult. 173 (1907)
= Echinocactus crispatus DC.; Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 37 (1828)
= Echinocactus crispatus var. horridus DC.; Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 115 (1828)
= Echinocactus dichroacanthus Mart. ex Pfeiff.; Enum. Diagn. Cact. 62 (1837)
= Echinocactus dietrichii Heynh.; Alph. Aufz. Gew. 2: 92 (1846)
= Echinocactus ensifer Lem.; Cact. Aliq. Nov. 26 (1838)
= Echinocactus ensifer var. pallidus C.F.Först.; Handb. Cacteenk. [Förster] 306 (1846)
= Echinocactus exsculptus var. dichroacanthus (Mart. ex Pfeiff.) Salm-Dyck; Cact. Hort. Dyck. [1844 ed.]: 16 (1845)
= Echinocactus flexispinus Salm-Dyck; Cact. Hort. Dyck. [1849 ed.]: 159 (1850), nom. illeg.
= Echinocactus grandicornis Lem.; Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov. 30 (1839)
= Echinocactus grandicornis var. fulvispinus Salm-Dyck; Cact. Hort. Dyck. [1849 ed.]: 30, 157 (1850)
= Echinocactus lamellosus A.Dietr.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 15: 177 (1847)
= Echinocactus lamellosus var. fulvescens Salm-Dyck; Cact. Hort. Dyck. [1849 ed.]: 30, 159 (1850)
= Echinocactus lancifer A.Dietr.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 7: 154 (1839)
= Echinocactus obvallatus var. lancifer (A.Dietr.) Schelle; Handb. Kakteenkult. 172 (1907)
= Echinocactus sphaerocephalus Muehlenpf.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 14: 370 (1846)
= Echinocactus stenogonus K.Schum.; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 5: 107 (1895)
= Echinocactus tellii A.Berger; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 11: 161 (1901), nomen
= Echinocactus undulatus A.Dietr.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 12: 187 (1844)
= Echinocactus violaciflorus Quehl; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 22: 102 (1912)
= Echinocactus wippermannii Muehlenpf.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 14: 370 (1846)
= Echinocactus xiphacanthus Miq.; Linnaea 12: 1 (1838)
= Echinofossulocactus acroacanthus (Stieber) G.D.Rowley; Repert. Pl. Succ. 23: 7 (1972 publ. 1974)
= Echinofossulocactus anfractuosus (Mart. ex Pfeiff.) Lawr.; Gard. Mag. (London) 17: 317 (1841)
= Echinofossulocactus arrigens (Link ex A.Dietr.) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 114 (1922)
= Echinofossulocactus confusus Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 120 (1922)
= Echinofossulocactus crispatus (DC.) Lawr.; Gard. Mag. (London) 17: 317 (1841)
= Echinofossulocactus crispatus f. acroacanthus (Stieber) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2: 86 (1992)
= Echinofossulocactus crispatus f. anfractuosus (Mart. ex Pfeiff.) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2: 86 (1992)
= Echinofossulocactus crispatus f. arrigens (Link ex A.Dietr.) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2: 86 (1992)
= Echinofossulocactus crispatus f. confusus (Britton & Rose) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2: 86 (1992)
= Echinofossulocactus crispatus f. dichroacanthus (Mart. ex Pfeiff.) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2: 86 (1992)
= Echinofossulocactus crispatus f. ensifer (Lem.) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2: 86 (1992)
= Echinofossulocactus crispatus f. grandicornis (Lem.) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2: 86 (1992)
= Echinofossulocactus crispatus f. guerraianus (Backeb.) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2: 86 (1992)
= Echinofossulocactus crispatus f. kellerianus (Krainz) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2: 87 (1992)
= Echinofossulocactus crispatus f. lamellosus (A.Dietr.) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2: 87 (1992)
= Echinofossulocactus crispatus f. lancifer (A.Dietr.) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2: 87 (1992)
= Echinofossulocactus crispatus f. tellii (A.Berger) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2: 87 (1992), nom. inval.
= Echinofossulocactus crispatus f. undulatus (A.Dietr.) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2(3): 87 (1992)
= Echinofossulocactus dichroacanthus (Mart. ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 117 (1922)
= Echinofossulocactus ensiformis Lawr.; Gard. Mag. (London) 17: 317 (1841)
= Echinofossulocactus flexispinus Bravo; Cact. Suc. Mex. 14: 44 (1969)
= Echinofossulocactus grandicornis (Lem.) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 114 (1922)
= Echinofossulocactus guerraianus Backeb.; Stachlige Wildnis 339 (1942)
= Echinofossulocactus kellerianus Krainz; Schweizer Gart. 22: 10 (1946)
= Echinofossulocactus lamellosus (A.Dietr.) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 113 (1922)
= Echinofossulocactus lancifer (A.Dietr.) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 118 (1922)
= Echinofossulocactus multiareolatus Bravo; Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 30: 59 (1960)
= Echinofossulocactus obvallatus var. arrigens (Link ex A.Dietr.) J.Meyrán; Cact. Suc. Mex. 17: 43 (1972), nom. inval.
= Echinofossulocactus violaciflorus (Quehl) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 114 (1922)
= Echinofossulocactus wippermannii (Muehlenpf.) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 111 (1922)
= Echinofossulocactus xiphacanthus (Miq.) Backeb.; Cactaceae [Backeberg] 5: 2776 (1961)
= Efossus anfractuosus (Mart. ex Pfeiff.) Orcutt; Cactography 5 (1926)
= Efossus arrigens (Link ex A.Dietr.) Orcutt; Cactography 5 (1926)
= Efossus confusus (Britton & Rose) Orcutt; Cactography 5 (1926)
= Efossus crispatus (DC.) Orcutt; Cactography 5 (1926)
= Efossus dichroacanthus (Mart. ex Pfeiff.) Orcutt; Cactography 5 (1926)
= Efossus grandicornis (Lem.) Orcutt; Cactography 5 (1926)
= Efossus lamellosus (A.Dietr.) Orcutt; Cactography 5 (1926)
= Efossus lancifer (A.Dietr.) Orcutt; Cactography 5 (1926)
= Efossus violaciflorus (Quehl) Orcutt; Cactography 5 (1926)
= Efossus wippermannii (Muehlenpf.) Orcutt; Cactography 5 (1926)
= Ferocactus crispatus (DC.) N.P.Taylor; Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 42(4): 108 (1980)
= Stenocactus acroacanthus (Stieber) W.T.Marshall & T.M.Bock; Cactaceae [Marshall & Bock] 146 (1941)
= Stenocactus anfractuosus (Mart. ex Pfeiff.) A.Berger; Kakteen [Berger] 346 (1929)
= Stenocactus arrigens (Link ex A.Dietr.) A.Berger; Kakteen [Berger] 346 (1929)
= Stenocactus cadaroyi Backeb.; Cactaceae [Backeberg] 5: 2775 (1961)
= Stenocactus confusus (Britton & Rose) F.M.Knuth; Kaktus-ABC [Backeberg & Knuth] 354 (1936)
= Stenocactus dichroacanthus (Mart. ex Pfeiff.) A.Berger ex Backeb. & F.M.Knuth; Kaktus-ABC [Backeberg & Knuth] 354 (1936)
= Stenocactus dichroacanthus subsp. violaciflorus (Quehl) U.Guzmán & Vázq.-Ben.; Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 18 (2003)
= Stenocactus dichroacanthus var. violaciflorus (Quehl) Bravo; Cact. Suc. Mex. 27: 16 (1982)
= Stenocactus grandicornis (Lem.) A.Berger ex Backeb. & F.M.Knuth; Kaktus-ABC [Backeberg & Knuth] 354 (1935)
= Stenocactus lamellosus (A.Dietr.) A.Berger; Kakteen [Berger] 346 (1929)
= Stenocactus lancifer (A.Dietr.) A.Berger ex Backeb. & F.M.Knuth; Kaktus-ABC [Backeberg & Knuth] 354 (1936)
= Stenocactus violaciflorus (Quehl) A.Berger; Kakteen [Berger] 346 (1929)
= Stenocactus wippermannii (Muehlenpf.) A.Berger; Kakteen [Berger] 346 (1929)
species :
Stenocactus multicostatus (Hildm.) A.Berger; Kakteen [Berger] 245, 346 (1929)
Distribution: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Brittonrosea lloydii (Britton & Rose) Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 96: 69 (1923)
= Brittonrosea multicostata (Hildm.) Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 96: 69 (1923)
= Brittonrosea zacatecasensis (Britton & Rose) Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 96: 70 (1923)
= Echinocactus lloydii (Britton & Rose) A.Berger; Kakteen [Berger] 245 (1929)
= Echinocactus multicostatus Daul; Illustr. Handb. Kakteenkunde 65 (1890)
= Echinocactus multicostatus Rebut; Cat. Cact. Pl. Grasses Diverses 3 (1886), nom. subnud.
= Echinocactus zacatecasensis A.Berger; Kakteen [Berger] 246, 340 (1929)
= Echinofossulocactus erectocentrus Backeb.; Cactaceae [Backeberg] 5: 2772 (1961)
= Echinofossulocactus lloydii Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 113 (1922)
= Echinofossulocactus multicostatus (Daul) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 111 (1922)
= Echinofossulocactus multicostatus f. erectocentrus (Backeb.) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2(3): 87 (1992)
= Echinofossulocactus multicostatus f. lloydii (Britton & Rose) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2(3): 87 (1992)
= Echinofossulocactus multicostatus f. zacatecasensis (Britton & Rose) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2(3): 87 (1992)
= Echinofossulocactus multicostatus var. coahuilensis Fric; J. Cact. Succ. Soc. Amer. 2: 480 (1931)
= Echinofossulocactus multicostatus var. zacatecasensis (Britton & Rose) Lodé; Cact.-Avent. 27: 29 (1995)
= Echinofossulocactus zacatecasensis Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 113 (1922)
= Efossus lloydii (Britton & Rose) Orcutt; Cactography 5 (1926)
= Efossus multicostatus (Daul) Orcutt; Cactography 5 (1926)
= Efossus zacatecasensis (Britton & Rose) Orcutt; Cactography 5 (1926)
= Stenocactus jarmilae Halda & Horácek; Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 7(1): 37 (2000)
= Stenocactus lloydii A.Berger; Kakteen [Berger] 245, 346 (1929)
= Stenocactus multicostatus subsp. zacatecasensis (Britton & Rose) U.Guzmán & Vázq.-Ben.; Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 18 (2003)
= Stenocactus zacatecasensis (A.Berger) A.Berger; Kakteen [Berger] 346 (1929)
species :
Stenocactus obvallatus (DC.) A.Berger; Kakteen [Berger] 346 (1929)
Name: Tepenexcomitl
Distribution: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Durango, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Zacatecas, Ciudad de Mexico, Oaxaca, Puebla)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Brittonrosea hastata (Hopffer ex K.Schum.) Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 96: 69 (1923)
= Brittonrosea obvallata (DC.) Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 96: 69 (1923)
= Brittonrosea pentacantha (Lem.) Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 96: 69 (1923)
= Cactus obvallatus Moc. & Sessé ex DC.; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 3: 462 (1828)
= Echinocactus anfractuosus var. pentacanthus (Lem.) Salm-Dyck; Cact. Hort. Dyck. [1849 ed.]: 31 (1850)
= Echinocactus biceras Jacobi; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 16: 370 (1848)
= Echinocactus hastatus Hopffer ex K.Schum.; Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 376 (1898)
= Echinocactus hastatus var. fulvispinus Allardt ex C.F.Först; Handb. Cacteenk. [Förster] 315 (1846)
= Echinocactus obvallatus DC.; Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 37. t. 9 (1828)
= Echinocactus obvallatus var. spinosior Salm-Dyck; Cact. Hort. Dyck. [1844 ed.]: 20 (1845)
= Echinocactus pentacanthus Lem.; Cact. Aliq. Nov. 27 (1838)
= Echinofossulocactus caespitosus Backeb.; Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 12: 81 (1950)
= Echinofossulocactus crispatus f. obvallatus (DC.) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2(3): 87 (1992)
= Echinofossulocactus crispatus f. pentacanthus (Lem.) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2(3): 87 (1992)
= Echinofossulocactus hastatus (Hopffer ex K.Schum.) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 111 (1922)
= Echinofossulocactus obvallatus (DC.) Lawr.; Gard. Mag. (London) 17: 317 (1841)
= Echinofossulocactus pentacanthus (Lem.) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 115 (1922)
= Echinofossulocactus sulphureus f. hastatus (K.Schum.) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2(3): 87 (1992)
= Efossus hastatus (Hopffer ex K.Schum.) Orcutt; Cactography 5 (1926)
= Efossus obvallatus (DC.) Orcutt; Cactography 5 (1926)
= Efossus pentacanthus (Lem.) Orcutt; Cactography 5 (1926)
= Stenocactus hastatus (Hopffer ex K.Schum.) A.Berger; Kakteen [Berger] 346 (1929)
= Stenocactus kaplanii Halda, Kupcák & Sladk.; Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 7(1): 37 (2000)
= Stenocactus magnificus Halda & Horácek; Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 7(1): 37 (2000)
= Stenocactus pentacanthus (Lem.) A.Berger; Kakteen [Berger] 346 (1929)
= Stenocactus pentacanthus subsp. tulensis Halda, Kupcák & Sladk.; Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 7: 37 (2000), contrary to Art. 37.6 ICBN (2000)
species :
Stenocactus ochoterenianus Tiegel; Möller´s Deutsche Gärtn.-Zeitung 48: 397 (1933)
Distribution: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas, Durango, Mexico State, Oaxaca, Veracruz)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Brittonrosea heteracantha (Muehlenpf.) Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 96: 69 (1923)
= Echinocactus heteracanthus Muehlenpf.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 13: 345 (1845)
= Echinocactus tetraxiphus Otto ex K.Schum.; Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 363 (1898)
= Echinofossulocactus boedekerianus f. densispinus (Pechanek) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2(3): 86 (1992)
= Echinofossulocactus boedekerianus f. ochoterenianus (Tiegel) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2(3): 86 (1992)
= Echinofossulocactus boedekerianus f. parksianus (Pechanek) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2(3): 86 (1992)
= Echinofossulocactus boedekerianus f. rosasianus (Pechanek) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2(3): 86 (1992)
= Echinofossulocactus bustamantei (Bravo) Croizat; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 14: 111 (1942)
= Echinofossulocactus crispatus f. heteracanthus (Muehlenpf.) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2(3): 86 (1992)
= Echinofossulocactus densispinus Schmoll; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 6: 37. sub ic. (1934)
= Echinofossulocactus densispinus Tiegh. ex Pechanek; Cactus (Brussels). 3(9): 132 (1971)
= Echinofossulocactus heteracanthus (Muehlenpf.) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 112 (1922)
= Echinofossulocactus lexarzae (Bravo) Croizat; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 14: 111 (1942), nom. inval.
= Echinofossulocactus ochoterenianus (Tiegh.) Whitmore; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 5: 589 (1934), nomen, Schmoll in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 6: 37, sub ic. (1934), Oehme in Beitr. Sukkulentenk. u. -Pflege,1938, 82
= Echinofossulocactus parksianus C.Schmoll ex Pechanek; Cactus (Brussels) 3(9): 130 (1971)
= Echinofossulocactus parksianus Whitmore; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 5: 589, indice (1934), nomen, ex Schmoll in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 6: 37, sub ic. (1934).-
= Echinofossulocactus rosasianus Whitmore; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 5: 589 (1934), nomen, ex Schmoll in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 6: 37, sub ic. (1934)
= Echinofossulocactus rosasianus Whitmore ex Pechanek; Cactus (Antwerp) 3: 131 (1971), as ´rusasianus´
= Echinofossulocactus tetraxiphus (Otto ex K.Schum.) Oehme; Beitr. Sukkulentenk. Sukkulentenpflege 1938: 82 (1938)
= Efossus heteracanthus (Muehlenpf.) Orcutt; Cactography 5 (1926)
= Stenocactus bustamantei Bravo ex Miranda; Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 15: 424 (1944)
= Stenocactus bustamantei Bravo; Cact. Mexic. 404 (1937), anglice
= Stenocactus heteracanthus (Muehlenpf.) A.Berger; Kakteen [Berger] 346 (1929)
= Stenocactus lexarzae Bravo & Miranda; Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 15: 423 (1944)
= Stenocactus lexarzae Bravo; Cact. Mexic. 400 (1937), anglice
= Stenocactus tetraxiphus (Otto ex K.Schum.) A.Berger; Kakteen [Berger] 346 (1929)
species :
Stenocactus phyllacanthus (A.Dietr. & Otto) A.Berger; Kakteen [Berger] 346 (1929)
Distribution: Mexico (Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, San Luis Potosi, Veracruz, Zacatecas)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Brittonrosea phyllacantha (A.Dietr. & Otto) Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 96: 69 (1923)
= Echinocactus melmsianus Wegener; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 12: 65 (1844)
= Echinocactus phyllacanthoides Lem.; Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov. 28 (1839)
= Echinocactus phyllacanthoides var. laevior Lem.; Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov. 90 (1839)
= Echinocactus phyllacanthoides var. macracanthus Lem.; Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov. 90 (1839)
= Echinocactus phyllacanthoides var. micracanthus Lem.; Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov. 90 (1839)
= Echinocactus phyllacanthus A.Dietr. & Otto; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 4: 201 (1836)
= Echinocactus phyllacanthus var. tricuspidatus C.F.Först.; Handb. Cacteenk. [Förster] 311 (1846)
= Echinocactus phyllantoides Lem.; Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov. 28 (1839)
= Echinocactus tricuspidatus Scheidw.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 9: 51 (1841)
= Echinofossulocactus phyllacanthus (A.Dietr. & Otto) Lawr.; Gard. Mag. & Reg. Rural Domest. Improv. 17: 317 (1841)
= Echinofossulocactus phyllacanthus var. macracanthus Lawr.; Gard. Mag. & Reg. Rural Domest. Improv. 17: 317 (1841)
= Echinofossulocactus phyllacanthus var. micracanthus Lawr.; Gard. Mag. & Reg. Rural Domest. Improv. 17: 317 (1841)
= Echinofossulocactus tricuspidatus (Scheidw.) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 117 (1922)
= Efossus phyllacanthus (A.Dietr. & Otto) Orcutt; Cactography 5 (1926)
= Efossus tricuspidatus (Scheidw.) Orcutt; Cactography 5 (1926)
= Ferocactus phyllacanthus (A.Dietr. & Otto) N.P.Taylor; Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 42(4): 108 (1980)
= Stenocactus tricuspidatus (Scheidw.) A.Berger ex Backeb. & F.M.Knuth; Kaktus-ABC [Backeberg & Knuth] 355 (1935)
species :
Stenocactus sulphureus (A.Dietr.) Bravo; Cact. Suc. Mex. 27(1): 16 (1982)
Distribution: Mexico (Hidalgo, Queretaro)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Brittonrosea gladiata (Otto & Link) Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 96: 69 (1923)
= Echinocactus gladiatus Link & Otto; Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 426 (1827)
= Echinocactus sulphureus A.Dietr.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 13: 170 (1845)
= Echinofossulocactus gladiatus (Link & Otto) Lawr.; Gard. Mag. (London) 17: 317 (1841)
= Echinofossulocactus sulphureus (A.Dietr.) J.Meyrán; Cact. Suc. Mex. 22(2): 36 (1977)
= Echinofossulocactus sulphureus (A.Dietr.) Y.Itô; Cactaceae [Itô] 101 (1952)
= Efossus gladiatus (Link & Otto) Orcutt; Cactography 5 (1926)
= Melocactus gladiatus Link & Otto; Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: t. 17 (1827)
= Stenocactus gladiatus (Link & Otto) A.Berger ex Backeb. & F.M.Knuth; Kaktus-ABC [Backeberg & Knuth] 354 (1936)
species :
Stenocactus vaupelianus (Werderm.) F.M.Knuth; Kaktus-ABC [Backeberg & Knuth] 355 (1935)
Distribution: Mexico (Durango, Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Brittonrosea albata (A.Dietr.) Speg.; Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 96: 69 (1923)
= Echinocactus acifer var. spinosus (Wegener) Wegener; Linnaea 19: 355 (1846), nom. illeg.
= Echinocactus albatus A.Dietr.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 14: 170 (1846)
= Echinocactus spinosus Wegener; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 12: 166 (1844)
= Echinocactus vaupelianus Werderm.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 273 (1931)
= Echinofossulocactus albatus (A.Dietr.) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 3: 112 (1922)
= Echinofossulocactus spinosus (Wegener) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2: 87 (1992)
= Echinofossulocactus spinosus f. albatus (A.Dietr.) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2(3): 87 (1992)
= Echinofossulocactus spinosus f. vaupelianus (Werderm.) P.V.Heath; Calyx 2(3): 87 (1992)
= Echinofossulocactus vaupelianus (Werderm.) Oehme; Beitr. Sukkulentenk. Sukkulentenpflege 82 (1938)
= Echinofossulocactus vaupelianus Whitmore; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 5: 590, indice (1934), nomen
= Efossus albatus (A.Dietr.) Orcutt; Cactography 5 (1926)
= Ferocactus vaupelianus (Werderm.) N.P.Taylor; Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 42(4): 108 (1980)
= Stenocactus albatus (A.Dietr.) F.M.Knuth; Kaktus-ABC [Backeberg & Knuth] 354 (1935)
species :
Stenocactus ×irregularis Gonz.-Zam., D.Aquino & Dan.Sánchez; Brittonia 75(1): 98 (2022)
Distribution: Mexico (Guanajuato)
79 MEX
Remarks: Stenocactus obvallatus (pentacanthus) x coptonogonus
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