Echinocactus platyacanthus Link & Otto
First published in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 423 (1827)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico (Nuevo León to Oaxaca). It is a succulent subshrub or shrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Echinocactus arachnoideus Scheidw. in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 6: 90 (1839)
- Echinocactus aulacogonus Lem. in Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 14 (1839)
- Echinocactus aulacogonus var. diacopaulax Lem. in Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 15 (1839)
- Echinocactus edulis Haage ex C.F.Först. in Handb. Cakteenk.: 346 (1846), not validly publ.
- Echinocactus ghiesbreghtianus Lem. in Hort. Universel 1: 227 (1839)
- Echinocactus grandis Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 126 (1906)
- Echinocactus grandis subsp. polycormus Říha & Tabasco in Kaktusy (Brno) 33: 81 (1997)
- Echinocactus grandis f. polycormus Říha & Tabasco in Kaktusy (Brno) 33: 81 (1997)
- Echinocactus helophorus Lem. in Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 12 (1839)
- Echinocactus helophorus var. laevior Lem. in Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 13 (1839)
- Echinocactus helophorus var. longifossulatus Lem. in Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 13 (1839)
- Echinocactus ingens Zucc. ex Pfeiff. in Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 54 (1837)
- Echinocactus ingens f. aulocogonus (Lem.) Schelle in Kakteen: 189 (1926)
- Echinocactus ingens var. grandis Speg. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 17: 116 (1907)
- Echinocactus ingens f. helophorus (Lem.) Schelle in Handb. Kakteenkult.: 149 (1907)
- Echinocactus ingens var. helophorus (Lem.) K.Schum. in Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 317 (1898)
- Echinocactus ingens f. saltillensis (Poselg.) Schelle in Handb. Kakteenkult.: 149 (1907)
- Echinocactus ingens var. saltillensis (Poselg.) K.Schum. in Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 317 (1898)
- Echinocactus ingens var. subinermis K.Schum. in Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 317 (1898)
- Echinocactus ingens var. viznaga (Hook.) K.Schum. in Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 317 (1898)
- Echinocactus ingens f. viznaga (Hook.) Voss in Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 372 (1894)
- Echinocactus irroratus Scheidw. in Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 6: 90 (1839)
- Echinocactus karwinskii Zucc. ex Pfeiff. in Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 50 (1837)
- Echinocactus macracanthus de Vriese in Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 6: 49 (1839)
- Echinocactus minax Lem. in Cact. Aliq. Nov.: 18 (1838)
- Echinocactus minax var. laevior Lem. in Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 86 (1839)
- Echinocactus oligacanthus Mart. ex Pfeiff. in Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 53 (1837)
- Echinocactus palmeri Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 290 (1909)
- Echinocactus platyacanthus f. grandis (Rose) Bravo in Cact. Suc. Mex. 25: 64 (1980)
- Echinocactus platyacanthus var. palmeri (Rose) H.P.Kelsey & Dayton in Standard. Pl. Names, ed. 2: 70 (1942)
- Echinocactus platyacanthus f. visnaga (Hook.) Bravo in Cact. Suc. Mex. 25: 65 (1980)
- Echinocactus platyceras Lem. in Cact. Aliq. Nov.: 19 (1838)
- Echinocactus platyceras var. laevior C.F.Först. in Handb. Cacteenk.: 325 (1846)
- Echinocactus platyceras var. minax Salm-Dyck ex C.F.Först in Handb. Cacteenk.: 324 (1846)
- Echinocactus saltillensis Poselg. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 21: 101 (1853)
- Echinocactus tuberculatus Link & Otto in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 425 (1827)
- Echinocactus tuberculatus var. spiralis DC. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 115 (1828)
- Echinocactus visnaga Hook. in Bot. Mag. 77: t. 4559 (1851)
- Echinocactus viznaga Hook. in Gard. Chron. 1845: 133 (1845)
- Echinofossulocactus helophorus (Lem.) Lawr. in Gard. Mag. (London) 17: 318 (1841)
- Echinofossulocactus helophorus var. longifossulatus Lawr. in Gard. Mag. & Reg. Rural Domest. Improv. 17: 318 (1841)
- Echinofossulocactus karwinskianus Lawr. in Gard. Mag. (London) 17: 318 (1841)
- Echinofossulocactus macracanthus Lawr. in Gard. Mag. (London) 17: 318 (1841)
- Echinofossulocactus platyceras (Lem.) Lawr. in Gard. Mag. (London) 17: 318 (1841)
- Melocactus ingens Karw. ex Pfeiff. in Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 54 (1837)
- Melocactus platyacanthus Link & Otto in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: t. 14 (1827)
- Melocactus tuberculatus Link & Otto in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: t. 26 (1827)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- 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.
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.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
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 |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images