Taxonomic account

Pelecyphora tuberculosa

Pelecyphora tuberculosa (Engelm.) 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]

Cactus tuberculosus (Engelm.) Kuntze
Coryphantha dasyacantha var. varicolor (Tiegel) L.D.Benson
Coryphantha strobiliformis var. durispina (Quehl) L.D.Benson
Coryphantha tuberculosa (Engelm.) Orcutt
Coryphantha tuberculosa var. varicolor (Tiegel) A.D.Zimmerman
Coryphantha varicolor Tiegel
Escobaria dasyacantha var. varicolor (Tiegel) D.R.Hunt
Escobaria strobiliformis subsp. sisperai Halda & Sladk.
Escobaria strobiliformis var. durispina (Quehl) Bravo
Escobaria tuberculosa (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
Escobaria tuberculosa subsp. varicolor (Tiegel) Lüthy
Escobaria tuberculosa var. durispina (Quehl) Børgesen
Escobaria tuberculosa var. pubescens (Quehl) Y.Itô
Escobaria tuberculosa var. varicolor (Tiegel) S.Brack & K.D.Heil
Mammillaria strobiliformis f. durispina (Quehl) Schelle
Mammillaria strobiliformis f. pubescens (Quehl) Schelle
Mammillaria strobiliformis f. rufispina (Quehl) Schelle
Mammillaria strobiliformis var. durispina Quehl
Mammillaria strobiliformis var. pubescens Quehl
Mammillaria strobiliformis var. rufispina Quehl
Mammillaria tuberculosa Engelm.

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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