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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

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Epithelantha polycephala Backeb.

This species name was first published in in Cactus (Paris) 39: 32. 1954.  

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-0000670375.

Synonyms of Epithelantha polycephala Backeb.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Epithelantha micromeris var. polycephala (Backeb.) Glass & R.A.Foster in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 50: 187. 1978. wfo-0000670366
Epithelantha micromeris subsp. polycephala (Backeb.) Glass Guía Identific. Cact. Amenazadas México: s.p.. 1997. wfo-0000670367
Epithelantha greggii subsp. polycephala (Backeb.) D.Donati & Zanov. in Piante Grasse 30: 185. 2010. wfo-0001430889