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As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

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genus

Coryphantha (Engelm.) Lem.

This genus name was first published in Cactées: 32. 1868.  

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-4000009420.

Statistics

Synonyms of Coryphantha

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Mammillaria subsect. Glanduliferae Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1844: 13. 1845. wfo-0001302945
Mammillaria subg. Coryphanta Engelm. in Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 264. 1856. wfo-3500004034
Escobrittonia Doweld in Sukkulenty 3(1-2): 17. 2000. wfo-4000014032
Glandulifera (Salm-Dyck) Frič in Ceskoslov. Zahradn. Listy 1924: 122. 1924. wfo-4000015701

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

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