Echinocactus platyacanthus
A species in the Cactaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Echinocactus
- Species
- Echinocactus platyacanthus
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1827
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Echinocactus platyacanthus. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
49 synonyms in this snapshot
- Coryphantha poselgeriana var. saltillensisName author: (Poselg.) L.Bremer
- Echinocactus arachnoideusName author: Scheidw.
- Echinocactus aulacogonusName author: Lem.
- Echinocactus aulacogonus var. diacopaulaxName author: Lem.
- Echinocactus edulisName author: Haage ex C.F.Först.
- Echinocactus ghiesbreghtianusName author: Lem.
- Echinocactus grandisName author: Rose
- Echinocactus grandis f. polycormusName author: Říha & Tabasco
- Echinocactus grandis subsp. polycormusName author: Říha & Tabasco
- Echinocactus helophorusName author: Lem.
- Echinocactus helophorus var. laeviorName author: Lem.
- Echinocactus helophorus var. longifossulatusName author: Lem.
- Echinocactus ingensName author: Zucc. ex Pfeiff.
- Echinocactus ingens f. aulocogonusName author: (Lem.) Schelle
- Echinocactus ingens f. helophorusName author: (Lem.) Schelle
- Echinocactus ingens f. saltillensisName author: (Poselg.) Schelle
- Echinocactus ingens f. viznagaName author: (Hook.) Voss
- Echinocactus ingens var. grandisName author: Speg.
- Echinocactus ingens var. helophorusName author: (Lem.) K.Schum.
- Echinocactus ingens var. saltillensisName author: (Poselg.) K.Schum.
- Echinocactus ingens var. subinermisName author: K.Schum.
- Echinocactus ingens var. viznagaName author: (Hook.) K.Schum.
- Echinocactus irroratusName author: Scheidw.
- Echinocactus karwinskianusName author: Burkart
- Echinocactus karwinskiiName author: Zucc. ex Pfeiff.
- Echinocactus macracanthusName author: de Vriese
- Echinocactus minaxName author: Lem.
- Echinocactus minax var. laeviorName author: Lem.
- Echinocactus oligacanthusName author: Mart. ex Pfeiff.
- Echinocactus oligacanthusName author: Salm-Dyck
- Echinocactus palmeriName author: Rose
- Echinocactus platyacanthus f. grandisName author: (Rose) Bravo
- Echinocactus platyacanthus f. visnagaName author: (Hook.) Bravo
- Echinocactus platyacanthus var. palmeriName author: (Rose) H.P.Kelsey & Dayton
- Echinocactus platycerasName author: Lem.
- Echinocactus platyceras var. laeviorName author: C.F.Först.
- Echinocactus platyceras var. minaxName author: Salm-Dyck ex C.F.Först.
- Echinocactus saltillensisName author: Poselg.
- Echinocactus saltillensisName author: Poselger
- Echinocactus tuberculatusName author: Link & Otto
- Echinocactus tuberculatus var. spiralisName author: DC.
- Echinocactus visnagaName author: Hook.
- Echinocactus viznagaName author: Hook.
- Echinofossulocactus helophorusName author: (Lem.) Lawr.
- Echinofossulocactus karwinskianusName author: Lawr.
- Echinofossulocactus platycerasName author: (Lem.) Lawr.
- Melocactus ingensName author: Karw. ex Pfeiff.
- Melocactus platyacanthusName author: Link & Otto
- Melocactus tuberculatusName author: Link & Otto
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.
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