IRMNG - Echinocactus Link & Otto, 1827

IRMNG taxon details

Echinocactus Link & Otto, 1827

IRMNG_ID

1278602 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1278602)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Cactaceae de Jussieu, 1789

Synonymised names

Brittonrosea Spegazzini, 1923 · unaccepted

Echinocephala M.H.J. van der Meer, 2019 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Echinofossulocactus Lawrence, 1841 · unaccepted

Homalocephala N.L. Britton & J.N. Rose, 1922 · unaccepted

Direct children (31)

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Species Echinocactus horizonthalonius Lem.
Species Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & Bigelow
Species Echinocactus texensis Hopffer
Species Echinocactus acanthodes Lem. accepted as Ferocactus cylindraceus (Engelm.) Orcutt
Species Echinocactus asterias Zucc. accepted as Astrophytum asterias (Zucc.) Lem.
Species Echinocactus bicolor Galeotti ex Pfeiffer accepted as Thelocactus bicolor (Galeotti ex Pfeiffer) Britt. & Rose
Species Echinocactus conoideus (DC.) Poselg. accepted as Neolloydia conoidea (DC.) Britt. & Rose
Species Echinocactus erectocentrus Coult. accepted as Sclerocactus erectocentrus (Coult.) N.P. Taylor
Species Echinocactus flavidispinus (Backeberg) Weniger accepted as Thelocactus bicolor (Galeotti ex Pfeiffer) Britt. & Rose
Species Echinocactus glaucus (J.A. Purpus ex K. Schum.) L. Benson accepted as Sclerocactus glaucus (J.A. Purpus ex K. Schum.) L. Benson
Species Echinocactus hamatacanthus Muehlenpfordt accepted as Ferocactus hamatacanthus (Muehlenpfordt) Britt. & Rose
Species Echinocactus intertextus Engelm. accepted as Sclerocactus intertextus (Engelm.) N.P. Taylor
Species Echinocactus johnsonii Parry ex Engelm. accepted as Sclerocactus johnsonii (Parry ex Engelm.) N.P. Taylor
Species Echinocactus lecontei Engelm. accepted as Ferocactus cylindraceus (Engelm.) Orcutt
Species Echinocactus mariposensis (Hester) Weniger accepted as Sclerocactus mariposensis (Hester) N.P. Taylor
Species Echinocactus mesae-verdae (Boissevain ex Boissevain & C. Davids.) L. Benson accepted as Sclerocactus mesae-verdae (Boissevain ex Boissevain & C. Davids.) L. Benson
Species Echinocactus papyracanthus Engelm. accepted as Sclerocactus papyracanthus (Engelm.) N.P. Taylor
Species Echinocactus peeblesianus accepted as Pediocactus peeblesianus (Croizat) L. Benson
Species Echinocactus polyancistrus Engelm. & Bigelow accepted as Sclerocactus polyancistrus (Engelm. & Bigelow) Britt. & Rose
Species Echinocactus scheeri Salm-Dyck accepted as Sclerocactus scheeri (Salm-Dyck) N.P. Taylor
Species Echinocactus setispinus Engelm. accepted as Thelocactus setispinus (Engelm.) E.F. Anderson
Species Echinocactus sileri accepted as Pediocactus sileri (Engelm.) L. Benson
Species Echinocactus simpsonii Engelm. accepted as Pediocactus simpsonii (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose
Species Echinocactus sinuatus A. Dietr. accepted as Ferocactus hamatacanthus (Muehlenpfordt) Britt. & Rose
Species Echinocactus subglacus accepted as Sclerocactus glaucus (J.A. Purpus ex K. Schum.) L. Benson
Species Echinocactus tobuschii (W.T. Marsh.) Weniger accepted as Sclerocactus brevihamatus (Engelm.) D.R. Hunt
Species Echinocactus viridescens Torr. & Gray accepted as Ferocactus viridescens (Torr. & Gray) Britt. & Rose
Species Echinocactus warnockii (L. Benson) Weniger accepted as Sclerocactus warnockii (L. Benson) N.P. Taylor
Species Echinocactus whipplei Engelm. & Bigelow accepted as Sclerocactus whipplei (Engelm. & Bigelow) Britt. & Rose
Species Echinocactus wislizeni Engelm. accepted as Ferocactus wislizeni (Engelm.) Britt. & Rose
Species Echinocactus xeranthemoides (Coult.) Engelm. ex Rydb. accepted as Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & Bigelow

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Echinocactus Link & Otto, 1827. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1278602 on 2024-12-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

[taxonomic tree]

Sources (6)

basis of record SN2000/Takhtajan, 1997 [details]

verified source for family GRIN Taxonomy for Plants: U.S. National Plant Germplasm Resources Information Network, September 2011 version. Available online at https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyquery.aspx. [details]

current name source GRIN Taxonomy for Plants: U.S. National Plant Germplasm Resources Information Network, September 2011 version. Available online at https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyquery.aspx. [details]

extant flag source GRIN Taxonomy for Plants: U.S. National Plant Germplasm Resources Information Network, September 2011 version. Available online at https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomyquery.aspx. [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Echinocephala M.H.J. van der Meer, 2019) van der Meer, M. H. J. (2019). 14 new nothogenera and 18 new combinations for cactus hybrids (Cactaceae). <em>Cactologia Phantastica.</em> 2019(4)-1: 1-12., available online at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2577821 [details]