Thelocactus leucacanthus
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
- Thelocactus
- Species
- Thelocactus leucacanthus
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1923
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Thelocactus leucacanthus. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
23 synonyms in this snapshot
- Cereus maeleniiName author: Pfeiff.
- Cereus tuberosusName author: Pfeiff.
- Echinocactus ehrenbergiiName author: Pfeiff.
- Echinocactus leucacanthusName author: Zucc. ex Pfeiff.
- Echinocactus leucacanthus var. crassiorName author: Salm-Dyck
- Echinocactus leucacanthus var. tuberosusName author: C.F.Först.
- Echinocactus maeleniiName author: Salm-Dyck ex C.F.Först.
- Echinocactus porrectusName author: Lem.
- Echinocactus subporrectusName author: Lem.
- Echinocactus theloideusName author: Salm-Dyck
- Echinocactus tuberosusName author: Salm-Dyck ex C.F.Först.
- Echinocactus tuberosus var. subporrectusName author: C.F.Först.
- Ferocactus leucacanthusName author: (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) N.P.Taylor
- Mammillaria maeleniiName author: Salm-Dyck
- Thelocactus ehrenbergiiName author: (Pfeiff.) F.M.Knuth
- Thelocactus leucacanthus subsp. leucacanthusName author: Not supplied
- Thelocactus leucacanthus subsp. schmolliiName author: (Werderm.) Mosco & Zanov.
- Thelocactus leucacanthus var. ehrenbergiiName author: (Pfeiff.) Bravo
- Thelocactus leucacanthus var. porrectusName author: (Lem.) Backeb.
- Thelocactus leucacanthus var. sanchezmejoradaeName author: (J.Meyrán) Backeb.
- Thelocactus leucacanthus var. schmolliiName author: Werderm.
- Thelocactus porrectusName author: (Lem.) F.M.Knuth
- Thelocactus sanchezmejoradaeName author: J.Meyrán
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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