Taxonomic account

Stenocactus phyllacanthus

Stenocactus phyllacanthus (A.Dietr.) A.Berger

Name accepted in Plants of the World Online. [2-WWW]

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Stenocactus
Ranga: Species
Genus list verification: 11 October 2026 [2-WWW]

Names in the literature

Synonyms and spelling variants linked to the accepted name in WCVP 16, including updates to the genus list. [27-WWW] [2-WWW]

Brittonrosea phyllacantha (A.Dietr.) Speg.
Echinocactus melmsianus Wegener
Echinocactus phyllacanthoides Lem.
Echinocactus phyllacanthoides var. laevior Lem.
Echinocactus phyllacanthoides var. macracanthus Lem.
Echinocactus phyllacanthoides var. micracanthus Lem.
Echinocactus phyllacanthus A.Dietr.
Echinocactus phyllacanthus var. tricuspidatus C.F.Först.
Echinocactus phyllantoides Lem.
Echinocactus tricuspidatus Scheidw.
Echinofossulocactus phyllacanthus (A.Dietr.) Lawr.
Echinofossulocactus phyllacanthus var. macracanthus Lawr.
Echinofossulocactus phyllacanthus var. micracanthus Lawr.
Echinofossulocactus tricuspidatus (Scheidw.) Britton & Rose
Efossus phyllacanthus (A.Dietr.) Orcutt
Efossus tricuspidatus (Scheidw.) Orcutt
Ferocactus phyllacanthus (A.Dietr.) N.P.Taylor
Stenocactus tricuspidatus (Scheidw.) A.Berger ex Backeb. & F.M.Knuth

Nomenclatural basis

The genus's species list was checked in POWO on 11 October 2026. Authorship and links between older names were compared with WCVP 16, a snapshot from 4 June 2026. [27-WWW] [2-WWW] [2-WWW]

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