Taxonomic account

Acanthocalycium spiniflorum

Acanthocalycium spiniflorum (K.Schum.) Backeb.

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Acanthocalycium
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]

Acanthocalycium klimpelianum (Weidlich & Werderm.) Backeb.
Acanthocalycium klimpelianum var. macranthum (Rausch) J.G.Lamb.
Acanthocalycium peitscherianum Backeb.
Acanthocalycium violaceum (Werderm.) Backeb.
Echinocactus spiniflorus K.Schum.
Echinopsis klimpeliana Weidlich & Werderm.
Echinopsis peitscherana (Backeb.) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley
Echinopsis spiniflora (K.Schum.) A.Berger
Echinopsis violacea Werderm.
Lobivia klimpeliana (Weidlich & Werderm.) A.Berger
Lobivia spiniflora (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose ex Hosseus
Lobivia spiniflora var. klimpeliana (Weidlich & Werderm.) Rausch
Lobivia spiniflora var. macrantha Rausch
Lobivia spiniflora var. peitscheriana (Backeb.) Rausch
Lobivia spiniflora var. violacea (Werderm.) Rausch

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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