Taxonomic account

Acanthocalycium leucanthum

Acanthocalycium leucanthum (Gillies ex Salm-Dyck) Schlumpb.

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]

Cereus campylacanthus (Pfeiff. & Otto) Mottet
Cereus incurvispinus Otto & A.Dietr.
Cereus leucanthus (Gillies ex Salm-Dyck) Pfeiff.
Curvoacanthocactus leucanthus (Gillies ex Salm-Dyck) Guiggi
Echinocactus leucanthus Gillies ex Salm-Dyck
Echinopsis baldiana Speg.
Echinopsis campylacantha Pfeiff. & Otto
Echinopsis campylacantha var. leucantha Labour.
Echinopsis campylacantha var. stylodes Monv. ex Labour.
Echinopsis cordobensis Speg.
Echinopsis gladispina Y.Itô
Echinopsis intricatissima Speg.
Echinopsis leucantha (Gillies ex Salm-Dyck) Walp.
Echinopsis leucantha aurea Fobe
Echinopsis leucantha var. brasiliensis Speg.
Echinopsis leucantha var. salpingophora K.Schum.
Echinopsis leucantha var. volliana Backeb.
Echinopsis melanopotamica Speg.
Echinopsis molesta Speg.
Echinopsis shaferi Britton & Rose
Echinopsis spegazziniana Britton & Rose
Melocactus ambiguus Pfeiff.
Melocactus elegans Pfeiff.

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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