Ferocactus echidne
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
- Ferocactus
- Species
- Ferocactus echidne
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1922
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Ferocactus echidne. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
18 synonyms in this snapshot
- Echinocactus dolichacanthusName author: Lem.
- Echinocactus dolichacanthus var. minorName author: Lem.
- Echinocactus dolichocentrusName author: Salm-Dyck
- Echinocactus echidneName author: DC.
- Echinocactus echidne f. gilvusName author: (A.Dietr.) K.Schum.
- Echinocactus echidne var. gilvusName author: (A.Dietr.) Salm-Dyck
- Echinocactus gilvusName author: A.Dietr.
- Echinocactus rafaelensisName author: J.A.Purpus
- Echinocactus vanderaeyiName author: Lem.
- Echinocactus victoriensisName author: Rose
- Echinofossulocactus echidneName author: (DC.) Lawr.
- Echinofossulocactus vanderaeyiName author: (Lem.) Lawr.
- Echinofossulocactus vanderaeyi var. ignotus-longispinusName author: Lawr.
- Ferocactus echidne var. rhodanthusName author: G.Unger
- Ferocactus echidne var. victoriensisName author: (Rose) G.E.Linds.
- Ferocactus rafaelensisName author: (J.A.Purpus) Borg
- Ferocactus victoriensisName author: (Rose) Backeb.
- Parrycactus echidneName author: (DC.) Doweld
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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