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Coryphantha clavata (Scheidw.) Backeb.

This species name was first published in in Cactaceae (Berlin) 1941(2): 61. 1942.  

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-0000623219.

Synonyms of Coryphantha clavata (Scheidw.) Backeb.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Mammillaria raphidacantha Lem. Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 34. 1839. wfo-0000369189
Mammillaria sulcoglandulifera Jacobi in Allg. Gartenzeitung 24: 92. 1856. wfo-0000369534
Cactus brunneus J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 117. 1894. wfo-0000577707
Cactus maculatus J.M.Coult. in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 117. 1894. wfo-0000577972
Cactus rhaphidacanthus (Lem.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261. 1891. wfo-0000578177
Coryphantha clavata var. radicantissima (Quehl) Heinrich ex Backeb. Cactaceae 5: 2995. 1961. wfo-0000623221
Coryphantha raphidacantha (Lem.) Lem. Cactées: 34. 1868. wfo-0000623373
Coryphantha unicornis Boed. in Z. Sukkulentenk.: 205. 1928. wfo-0000623417
Echinocactus cornifer var. raphidacanthus (Lem.) Poselg. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 21: 102. 1853. wfo-0000738765
Neolloydia clavata (Scheidw.) Britton & Rose Cactaceae 4: 15–16, f. 14. 1923. wfo-0001257646
Mammillaria clavata Scheidw. in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 5: 494. 1838. wfo-0001257647
Echinocactus raphidacanthus (Lem.) Poselg. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 21(16): 126. 1853. wfo-0001258839
Mammillaria radicantissima Quehl in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 22: 164. 1912. wfo-0001265730

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link