Taxonomic account

Ferocactus histrix

Ferocactus histrix (DC.) G.E.Linds.

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]

Bisnaga electracantha (Lem.) Orcutt
Bisnaga histrix (DC.) Doweld
Echinocactus coulteri G.Don
Echinocactus electracanthus Lem.
Echinocactus electracanthus var. rufispinus Müll.Arg.
Echinocactus histrix DC.
Echinocactus hystrichacanthus Lem.
Echinocactus melocactiformis DC.
Echinocactus oxypterus Zucc. ex Pfeiff.
Echinocactus pfersdorffii Schelle
Echinocactus pycnoxyphus Lem.
Echinofossulocactus oxypterus (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Lawr.
Ferocactus melocactiformis (DC.) Britton & Rose

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]

Other species in the genus Cactus and succulent atlas Submit a description or photographs