Echinocactus Link & Otto

higherClassification: Eukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 > Plantae > Pteridobiotina Britton & Brown > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl > Cactaceae Juss. > Cactoideae Eaton > Cacteae Rchb.
taxonID 49H4
parentNameUsageID KV2KF
scientificNameID 0Ij_fK6vMSAA0OGgK3Tkf2
datasetID 1141
taxonomicStatus accepted
taxonRank genus
scientificName Echinocactus Link & Otto
scientificNameAuthorship Link & Otto
genericName Echinocactus
namePublishedIn Link, & Otto. (1827). Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 420 (1827).
nomenclaturalCode ICN
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Echinocactus horizonthalonius Lem. species accepted

Echinocactus parryi Engelm. species accepted

Echinocactus platyacanthus Link & Otto species accepted

Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow species accepted

Echinocactus texensis Hopffer species accepted

Echinocactus × diabolicus (Halda, L.Vacek & Vasko) Janeba species accepted

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