Taxonomic account

Echinocereus polyacanthus

Echinocereus polyacanthus Engelm.

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Echinocereus
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]

Cereus leeanus Hook.
Cereus pacificus J.M.Coult.
Cereus pleiogonus Labour.
Cereus polyacanthus Engelm.
Echinocereus durangensis Rümpler
Echinocereus durangensis var. nigrispinus Rümpler
Echinocereus durangensis var. rufispinus Rümpler
Echinocereus leeanus (Hook.) Lem. ex Rümpler
Echinocereus leeanus var. multicostatus (Cels) K.Schum.
Echinocereus multicostatus Cels
Echinocereus pleiogonus (Labour.) Croucher
Echinocereus triglochidiatus subsp. polyacanthus (Engelm.) U.Guzmán
Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. multicostatus (Cels) W.T.Marshall
Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. polyacanthus (Engelm.) L.D.Benson

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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