Taxonomic account

Eriosyce curvispina

Eriosyce curvispina (Bertero ex Colla) Katt.

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Eriosyce
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]

Cactus curvispinus Bertero ex Colla
Echinocactus curvispinus (Bertero ex Colla) Gay
Echinocactus froehlichianus K.Schum.
Echinocactus geissei var. albicans Hildm.
Echinocactus soehrensii K.Schum.
Eriosyce curvispina subsp. curvispina
Gymnocalycium froehlichianum (K.Schum.) Osten
Hildmannia curvispina (Bertero ex Colla) Kreuz. & Buining
Hildmannia froehlichiana (K.Schum.) Kreuz. & Buining
Horridocactus andicola var. mollensis F.Ritter
Horridocactus curvispinus (Bertero ex Colla) Backeb.
Horridocactus kesselringianus Dölz
Horridocactus kesselringianus var. subaequalis Backeb.
Malacocarpus curvispinus (Bertero ex Colla) Britton & Rose
Neoporteria curvispina (Bertero ex Colla) Donald & G.D.Rowley
Neoporteria curvispina f. albicans (Hildm.) Donald & G.D.Rowley
Neoporteria curvispina f. mollensis (F.Ritter) Donald & G.D.Rowley
Neoporteria curvispina f. subaequalis (Backeb.) Donald & G.D.Rowley
Neoporteria curvispina var. kesselringiana (Dölz) Donald & G.D.Rowley
Neoporteria kesselringiana (Dölz) Hutchison
Neoporteria tuberisulcata var. froehlichiana (K.Schum.) Donald & G.D.Rowley
Pyrrhocactus andicola var. mollensis (F.Ritter) F.Ritter
Pyrrhocactus curvispinus (Bertero ex Colla) A.Berger
Pyrrhocactus froehlichianus (K.Schum.) Backeb.
Pyrrhocactus kesselringianus (Dölz) F.Ritter

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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