Taxonomic account

Pelecyphora emskoetteriana

Pelecyphora emskoetteriana (Quehl) D.Aquino & Dan.Sánchez

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Pelecyphora
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]

Coryphantha bella (Britton & Rose) Fosberg
Coryphantha emskoetteriana (Quehl) A.Berger
Coryphantha muehlbaueriana Boed.
Coryphantha roberti A.Berger
Escobaria bella Britton & Rose
Escobaria emskoetteriana (Quehl) Borg
Escobaria muehlbaueriana (Boed.) F.M.Knuth
Escobaria runyonii Britton & Rose
Mammillaria emskoetteriana Quehl
Mammillaria escobaria Cory
Neobesseya emskoetteriana (Quehl) Lodé
Neobesseya muehlbaueriana (Boed.) Boed.

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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