Acanthocalycium leucanthum
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
- Acanthocalycium
- Species
- Acanthocalycium leucanthum
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 2012
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Acanthocalycium leucanthum. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
25 synonyms in this snapshot
- Cereus campylacanthusName author: (Pfeiff. & Otto) Mottet
- Cereus incurvispinusName author: Otto & A.Dietr.
- Cereus leucanthusName author: (Gillies ex Salm-Dyck) Pfeiff.
- Curvoacanthocactus leucanthusName author: (Gillies ex Salm-Dyck) Guiggi
- Echinocactus leucanthusName author: Gillies ex Salm-Dyck
- Echinocactus salpigophorusName author: (Lem. ex Salm-Dyck) Pfeiff. ex Labour.
- Echinonyctanthus leucanthusName author: (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Lem.
- Echinopsis baldianaName author: Speg.
- Echinopsis campylacanthaName author: Pfeiff. & Otto
- Echinopsis campylacantha var. leucanthaName author: Labour.
- Echinopsis campylacantha var. stylodesName author: Monv. ex Labour.
- Echinopsis cordobensisName author: Speg.
- Echinopsis gladispinaName author: Y.Itô
- Echinopsis intricatissimaName author: Speg.
- Echinopsis leucanthaName author: (Gillies ex Salm-Dyck) Walp.
- Echinopsis leucantha var. brasiliensisName author: Speg.
- Echinopsis leucantha var. vollianaName author: Backeb.
- Echinopsis melanopotamicaName author: Speg.
- Echinopsis molestaName author: Speg.
- Echinopsis schaferiName author: Britton
- Echinopsis shaferiName author: Britton & Rose
- Echinopsis simplexName author: Niedt
- Echinopsis spegazzinianaName author: Britton & Rose
- Melocactus ambiguusName author: Pfeiff.
- Melocactus elegansName author: Pfeiff.
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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