Echinocereus acifer
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
- Echinocereus
- Species
- Echinocereus acifer
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1856
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Echinocereus acifer. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
14 synonyms in this snapshot
- Cereus aciferName author: Otto ex Salm-Dyck
- Echinocereus aciferName author: (Otto ex Salm-Dyck) J.N.Haage
- Echinocereus aciferName author: (Otto ex Salm-Dyck) Lem.
- Echinocereus acifer subsp. aciferName author: Not supplied
- Echinocereus acifer subsp. tubiflorusName author: W.Rischer
- Echinocereus acifer subsp. ventanensisName author: W.Rischer
- Echinocereus acifer var. brevispinulusName author: Jacobi
- Echinocereus acifer var. tenuispinusName author: Jacobi
- Echinocereus acifer var. trichacanthusName author: Hildm.
- Echinocereus polyacanthus subsp. aciferName author: (Otto ex Salm-Dyck) N.P.Taylor
- Echinocereus polyacanthus var. densusName author: (Regel) N.P.Taylor
- Echinocereus triglochidiatus subsp. aciferName author: (Otto ex Salm-Dyck) U.Guzmán
- Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. aciferName author: (Otto ex Salm-Dyck) Bravo
- Echinopsis valida var. densaName author: Regel
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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