- Family:
- Cactaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Echinocactus Link & Otto
Echinocactus platyacanthus Link & Otto

Native to:
Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest
- Echinocactus arachnoideus Scheidw.
- Echinocactus aulacogonus Lem.
- Echinocactus aulacogonus var. diacopaulax Lem.
- Echinocactus edulis Haage ex C.F.Först.
- Echinocactus ghiesbreghtianus Lem.
- Echinocactus grandis Rose
- Echinocactus grandis subsp. polycormus Ríha & Tabasco
- Echinocactus helophorus Lem.
- Echinocactus helophorus var. laevior Lem.
- Echinocactus helophorus var. longifossulatus Lem.
- Echinocactus ingens Zucc. ex Pfeiff.
- Echinocactus ingens var. helophorus (Lem.) K.Schum.
- Echinocactus ingens var. saltillensis (Poselg.) K.Schum.
- Echinocactus ingens var. subinermis K.Schum.
- Echinocactus ingens var. viznaga (Hook.) K.Schum.
- Echinocactus ingens f. viznaga (Hook.) Voss
- Echinocactus irroratus Scheidw.
- Echinocactus karwinskii Zucc. ex Pfeiff.
- Echinocactus macracanthus de Vriese
- Echinocactus minax Lem.
- Echinocactus minax var. laevior Lem.
- Echinocactus oligacanthus Mart. ex Pfeiff.
- Echinocactus palmeri Rose
- Echinocactus platyacanthus f. grandis (Rose) Bravo
- Echinocactus platyacanthus var. palmeri (Rose) H.P.Kelsey & Dayton
- Echinocactus platyacanthus f. visnaga (Hook.) Bravo
- Echinocactus platyceras Lem.
- Echinocactus saltillensis Poselg.
- Echinocactus tuberculatus Link & Otto
- Echinocactus tuberculatus var. spiralis DC.
- Echinofossulocactus helophorus (Lem.) Lawr.
- Echinofossulocactus karwinskianus Lawr.
- Echinofossulocactus platyceras (Lem.) Lawr.
- Melocactus ingens Karw. ex Pfeiff.
- Melocactus platyacanthus Link & Otto
- Melocactus tuberculatus Link & Otto
Echinocactus platyacanthus Link & Otto appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Hernandez et al [1745], Mexico | K000062777 | No | |||
Peacock [0] | K000250052 | No | |||
Pringle, C.G. [6696], Puebla | K000062776 | Unknown type material | Yes | ||
Hernandez et al [1930], Mexico | K000250046 | No | |||
Hernandez et al [1791], Mexico | K000062779 | No | |||
Hernandez et al [1902], Mexico | K000062778 | No | |||
Parry [271], Mexico | K000250045 | No |
First published in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 423 (1827)
Accepted by
- Garcia-Mendoza, A.J. & Meave, J.A. (eds.) (2012). Diversidad florística de Oaxaca: de musgos a angiospermas (colecciones y listas de especies), ed. 2: 1-351. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
- Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
- Hernández, H.M. & Gómez-Hinostrosa, C. (2015). Mapping the cacti of Mexico part II. Mammillaria Succulent Plant Research 9: 1-189.
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Hernández, H.M. & Gómez-Hinostrosa, C. (2015). Mapping the cacti of Mexico part II. Mammillaria Succulent Plant Research 9: 1-189.
- Villaseñor, J.L. (2016). Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559-902.
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