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Echinocactus Link & Otto

This genus name was first published in Verh. Vereins. Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 420. 1827.  

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-4000012908.

Synonyms of Echinocactus

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Echinofossulocactus Lawr. Gard. Mag. & Reg. Rural Domest. Improv. 17: 317. 1841. — wfo-4000012929
Emorycactus Doweld Succulenta (Netherlands) 75(6): 270. 1996. — wfo-4000013324

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

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

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus acroacanthus Stieber Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 5: 491 1847 — wfo-0000660162
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus arrigens Link ex A.Dietr. Allg. Gartenzeitung 8: 161 1840 wfo-0000660198
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus aurantiacus Vaupel Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50(111): 23 1913 wfo-0000660206
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus beguinii A.A.Weber ex K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 442 1898 wfo-0000660213
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus boedekerianus A.Berger Kakteen 246 1929 wfo-0000660225
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus bolaensis Runge Gartenflora 38: 106 1889 wfo-0000660227
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus borchersii Boed. Kakteenkunde 1933: 112 1933 wfo-0000660229
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus brevihamatus Engelm. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 3: 271 1857 wfo-0000660235
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus buekii Klein Gartenflora 8: 257 1859 wfo-0000660239
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus chrysacanthion K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 396 1898 wfo-0000660273
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus cinereus Phil. Fl. Atacam. 23 1860 wfo-0000660276
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus coptonogonus Lem. Cact. Aliq. Nov. 23 1838 wfo-0000660294
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus crispatus DC. Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 37 1828 wfo-0000660313
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus dichroacanthus Mart. ex Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact. 62 1837 wfo-0000660359
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus ehrenbergii Pfeiff. Allg. Gartenzeitung 7: 275 1838 wfo-0000660378
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus ensifer Lem. Cact. Aliq. Nov. 26 1838 wfo-0000660390
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus exsculptus var. dichroacanthus (Mart. ex Pfeiff.) Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck. 16 1845 — wfo-0000660399
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus flexispinus Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck. ed. 2: 159 1850 — wfo-0000660416
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus fossulatus Scheidw. Allg. Gartenzeitung 9: 49 1841 wfo-0000660428
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus glaucus K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 439 1898 — wfo-0000660470
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus graessneri K.Schum. Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 13: 130 1903 wfo-0000660472
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus haematanthus Speg. Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 11: 498 1905 wfo-0000660487
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus hamatus Muehlenpf. Allg. Gartenzeitung 16: 18 1848 wfo-0000660493
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus hastatus Hopffer ex K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 376 1898 wfo-0000660498
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus hastifer Werderm. & Boed. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 274 1931 wfo-0000660499
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus haynei Otto ex Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck. ed. 2: 32 1850 — wfo-0000660501
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus herteri Werderm. Revista Sudamer. Bot. 3: 143 1936 wfo-0000660507
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus hexaedrophorus Lem. Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov. 27 1839 wfo-0000660514
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus horripilus Lem. ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cakteenk. 283 1846 wfo-0000660540
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus intortus (Mill.) DC. Prodr. 3: 462 1828 wfo-0000660571
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus knuthianus Boed. Monatsschr. Deutsch. Kakteen-Ges. 2: 139 1930 wfo-0000660589
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus lamellosus A.Dietr. Allg. Gartenzeitung 15: 177 1847 wfo-0000660597
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus lancifer A.Dietr. Allg. Gartenzeitung 7: 154 1839 wfo-0000660598
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus langsdorfii (Lehm.) Link & Otto Icon. Pl. Rar. 7-8: 79 1831 — wfo-0000660600
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus leucacanthus Zucc. ex Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact. 66 1837 wfo-0000660612
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus leucotrichus Phil. Anales Mus. Nac. Santiago de Chile 1: 27 1891 wfo-0000660617
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus linkii (Lehm.) Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact. 48 1837 wfo-0000660624
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus macdowellii Orcutt W. Amer. Sci. 1894: 118 1894 wfo-0000660642
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus mammulosus Lem. Cact. Aliq. Nov. 40 1838 wfo-0000660660
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus mazanensis Backeb. Kakteen-Freund 1: 133 1932 wfo-0000660666
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus molendensis Vaupel Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50(111): 24 1913 wfo-0000660691
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus muehlenpfordtii J.H.Fennell Allg. Gartenzeitung 15: 65 1847 — wfo-0000660695
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus muehlenpfordtii Poselg. Allg. Gartenzeitung 21: 102 1853 wfo-0000660696
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus multicostatus Hildm. ex K.Schum. Mathsson Gartenflora 39: 465 1890 — wfo-0000660697
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus myriacanthus Vaupel Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50(111): 25 1913 wfo-0000660708
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus nidulans Quehl Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 21: 119 1911 wfo-0000660722
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus nigrispinus K.Schum. Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 9: 45 1899 wfo-0000660726
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus obvallatus DC. Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 37 1828 wfo-0000660731
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus odieri f. mebbesii (Hildm. ex K.Schum.) Schelle Handb. Kakteenkult. 188 1907 wfo-0000660740
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus odieri var. mebbesii Hildm. ex K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 413 1898 wfo-0000660739
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus orthacanthus Link & Otto Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 427 1827 wfo-0000660749
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus ottonianus Poselg. Allg. Gartenzeitung 21: 102 1853 wfo-0000660750
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus pentacanthus Lem. Cact. Aliq. Nov. 27 1838 wfo-0000660783
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus peruvianus K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. Nachtr. 1: 113 1903 wfo-0000660786
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus phyllacanthus Mart. Allg. Gartenzeitung 4: 201 1836 wfo-0000660793
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus phymatothelos Poselg. ex Rümpler Handb. Cakteenk. ed. 2: 602 1886 — wfo-0000660795
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus polyancistrus Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow Pacif. Railr. Rep. Parke, Bot. 4: 29 1857 wfo-0000660816
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus porrectus Lem. Cact. Aliq. Nov. 17 1838 wfo-0000660824
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus pottsianus Poselg. Allg. Gartenzeitung 21: 107 1853 wfo-0000660826
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus pubispinus Engelm. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 2: 199 1863 wfo-0000660835
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus rettigii Quehl Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 29: 129 1919 wfo-0000660870
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus ritteri Boed. Z. Sukkulentenk. 3: 305 1928 wfo-0000660877
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus salinensis Poselg. Allg. Gartenzeitung 21: 106 1853 wfo-0000660889
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus saueri Boed. Z. Sukkulentenk. 3: 362 1928 wfo-0000660902
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus scheeri Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck. ed. 2: 155 1850 wfo-0000660904
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus schumannianus Nicolai Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 3: 175 1893 wfo-0000660912
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus schwebsianus Werderm. Monatsschr. Deutsch. Kakteen-Ges. 2: 186 1930 wfo-0000660913
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus sessiliflorus Mackie ex Hook. Bot. Mag. 64: t. 3569 1837 wfo-0000660936
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus setispinus Engelm. Boston J. Nat. Hist. 5: 246 1845 wfo-0000660940
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus sileri Engelm. ex J.M.Coult. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 5: 376 1897 — wfo-0000660955
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus simpsonii Engelm. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 2: 197 1863 wfo-0000660958
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus spinosus Wegener Allg. Gartenzeitung 12: 166 1844 wfo-0000660972
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus strobiliformis Poselg. Allg. Gartenzeitung 21: 107 1853 wfo-0000660986
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus stuemeri Werderm. Monatsschr. Deutsch. Kakteen-Ges. 3: 122 1931 wfo-0000660988
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus subterraneus Backeb. Kakteen-Freund 1: 110 1932 wfo-0000660997
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus sulphureus A.Dietr. Allg. Gartenzeitung 13: 170 1845 wfo-0000661002
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus tabularis (Cels) Cels ex K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 389 1898 — wfo-0000661005
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus tortuosus Link & Otto Icon. Pl. Rar. 3: 29 1828 wfo-0000661024
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus tricolor (K.Schum.) Schelle Handb. Kakteenkult. 145 1906 — wfo-0000661028
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus tulensis Poselg. Allg. Gartenzeitung 21: 125 1853 wfo-0000661039
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus undulatus A.Dietr. Allg. Gartenzeitung 12: 187 1844 wfo-0000661048
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus unguispinus Engelm. Mem. Tour N. Mexico 111 1848 wfo-0000661049
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus vaupelianus Werderm. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 273 1931 wfo-0000661060
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus violaciflorus Quehl Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 22: 102 1912 wfo-0000661066
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus williamsii Lem. Allg. Gartenzeitung 13: 385 1845 — wfo-0000661079
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Echinocactus xiphacanthus Miq. Linnaea 12: 1 1838 wfo-0000661096