Taxonomic account

Stenocactus sulphureus

Stenocactus sulphureus (A.Dietr.) Bravo

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 gladiata (Link & Otto) Speg.
Echinocactus gladiatus Link & Otto
Echinocactus sulphureus A.Dietr.
Echinofossulocactus gladiatus (Link & Otto) Lawr.
Echinofossulocactus sulphureus (A.Dietr.) Y.Itô
Efossus gladiatus (Link & Otto) Orcutt
Melocactus gladiatus Link & Otto
Stenocactus gladiatus (Link & Otto) 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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