Taxonomic account

Ferocactus echidne

Ferocactus echidne (DC.) Britton & Rose

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Ferocactus
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]

Echinocactus dolichacanthus Lem.
Echinocactus dolichacanthus var. minor Lem.
Echinocactus echidne DC.
Echinocactus echidne f. gilvus (A.Dietr.) K.Schum.
Echinocactus echidne var. gilvus (A.Dietr.) Salm-Dyck
Echinocactus gilvus A.Dietr.
Echinocactus rafaelensis J.A.Purpus
Echinocactus vanderaeyi Lem.
Echinocactus victoriensis Rose
Echinofossulocactus echidne (DC.) Lawr.
Echinofossulocactus vanderaeyi (Lem.) Lawr.
Echinofossulocactus vanderaeyi var. ignotus-longispinus Lawr.
Ferocactus echidne subsp. victoriensis (Rose) Lodé
Ferocactus echidne var. rhodanthus G.Unger
Ferocactus echidne var. victoriensis (Rose) G.E.Linds.
Ferocactus rafaelensis (J.A.Purpus) Borg
Ferocactus victoriensis (Rose) Backeb.
Parrycactus echidne (DC.) Doweld

Materials from the author's archive

The archive contains descriptions and observations recorded under names linked to this plant. Their scope corresponds to the specified source material.

Opis archiwalny · Ferocactus echidne

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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