Astrophytum myriostigma
A species in the Cactaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
View the source recordBotanical classification
Follow a genus or family to explore its other accepted species.
- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Astrophytum
- Species
- Astrophytum myriostigma
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1839
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Astrophytum myriostigma. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
38 synonyms in this snapshot
- Astrophytum columnareName author: (K.Schum.) Sadovsky & Schütz
- Astrophytum depressumName author: Lawr.
- Astrophytum mirumName author: Halda & Panar.
- Astrophytum myriostigma subsp. potosinumName author: (H.Moeller) K.Kayser
- Astrophytum myriostigma subsp. quadricostatumName author: (H.Moeller) K.Kayser
- Astrophytum myriostigma subsp. tamaulipenseName author: K.Kayser
- Astrophytum myriostigma subsp. tulenseName author: K.Kayser
- Astrophytum myriostigma subvar. nudumName author: (Rud.Mey.) Backeb.
- Astrophytum myriostigma subvar. tulenseName author: (K.Kayser) Backeb.
- Astrophytum myriostigma var. cereiformeName author: Frič
- Astrophytum myriostigma var. columnareName author: (K.Schum.) Frič
- Astrophytum myriostigma var. grandiflorumName author: Frič
- Astrophytum myriostigma var. minimiflorumName author: Frič
- Astrophytum myriostigma var. nudicarpaName author: Frič
- Astrophytum myriostigma var. nudumName author: (Rud.Mey.) Frič
- Astrophytum myriostigma var. potosinumName author: (H.Moeller) Kreuz.
- Astrophytum myriostigma var. potosinumName author: (H.Moeller) K.Kayser
- Astrophytum myriostigma var. quadricostatumName author: (H.Moeller) Baum
- Astrophytum myriostigma var. quadricostatumName author: (H.Moeller) Borg
- Astrophytum myriostigma var. strongylogonumName author: Backeb.
- Astrophytum myriostigma var. tamaulipenseName author: (K.Kayser) W.T.Marshall
- Astrophytum myriostigma var. tulenseName author: (K.Kayser) Borg
- Astrophytum myriostigma var. verumName author: W.T.Marshall
- Astrophytum prismaticumName author: Lem.
- Astrophytum quadratumName author: Cobbold
- Astrophytum quadricostatumName author: (H.Moeller) Houghton
- Astrophytum tamaulipenseName author: Houghton
- Astrophytum tulenseName author: (K.Kayser) Sadovský & Schütz
- Cereus callicocheName author: Galeotti ex Scheidw.
- Cereus colicochusName author: Booth ex C.F.Först.
- Cereus inermisName author: Scheidw.
- Echinocactus myriostigmaName author: (Lem.) Salm-Dyck
- Echinocactus myriostigma f. columnarisName author: (K.Schum.) Schelle
- Echinocactus myriostigma subsp. potosinusName author: H.Moeller
- Echinocactus myriostigma subsp. quadricostatusName author: H.Moeller
- Echinocactus myriostigma var. columnarisName author: K.Schum.
- Echinocactus myriostigma var. nudusName author: Rud.Mey.
- Echinocactus myriostigma var. quadricostatusName author: H.Moeller
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
Read the directory’s scope