Echinocereus is a genus of cactus native to North America. The index is arranged alphabetically by species name. All names, including names that have never been published under the name Echinocereus are listed alphabetically by species name and then by subspecific name. Autonyms (such as Echinocereus acifer var. acifer) are not listed. For example Cereus dasyacanthus var. spurius will  be found alphabetically under „d“, not „c“, and then by „s“.  To find Echinocereus xxx var. xxx fa. yyy look under Echinocereus xxx fa. yyy. Names in bold are index base names and are followed by information about the basionym and other publication data. For full information of names that are not index base names please check under the name which follows the = sign. Please note that in those cases where the base name is not the basionym, the basionym is listed under the index base name. For the purpose of this index the rank used by the original author has been followed in determining the index base name except in those cases where the …

Note: To keep the original text structure within WordPress, we have to copy the text into a grey „preformatted box“. You can scroll to the right using the right button of your keyboard or with the scroll bar at the bottom. Echinocereus Engelmann 1848a:91. Type: Echinocereus viridiflorus Engelmann Echinocereus abbeae Parsons 1937:6. Type – locality: Mexico, Sonora, Delta Bacuachic River, 30m (29o49’N, 111o51’W); S. H. Parsons, 2 March 1932 (?). Nomenclatural synonyms: Echinocereus fasciculatus subsp. abbeae* Blum 1997 Seed List. nom. nud. Note: Listed erroneously as a synonym of Echinocereus fenderi var. albiflorus (Backeberg 1960:2047, Bravo 1991:70). Taylor (1985b:50) treats this species as a taxonomic synonym of Echinocereus fendleri var. fasciculatus. Echinocereus acifer* Engelmann ex Haage 1859:19 nom. nud. [Probably = Echinocereus acifer Jacobi]. Echinocereus acifer (Otto ex Salm-Dyck) Jacobi 1856:109. basionym: Cereus acifer Otto ex Salm-Dyck 180:189. Type – locality: unknown; ? (?). Nomenclatural synonyms: Echinocereus longispinus* Hort. ex Schelle 1926:180 pro syn. Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. acifer (Otto ex Salm-Dyck) Bravo 1978:66. Echinocereus polyacanthus var. acifer* Parker 1996:4 nom. nud. Echinocereus polyacanthus subsp. acifer …

Note: To keep the original text structure within WordPress, we have to copy the text into a grey „preformatted box“. You can scroll to the right using the right button of your keyboard or with the scroll bar at the bottom. Echinocereus ctenoides* Lemaire 1868:57 nom. nud. [Probably = Echinocereus ctenoides Engelmann ex Rumpler]. Echinocereus ctenoides (Engelmann) Engelmann ex Rumpler 1886:819. basionym: Cereus ctenoides Engelmann 1856:279. [see Engelmann 1859:31]. Type – locality: Coahuila, between Eagle Pass & Santa Rosa; Bigelow, Jan. 1853 (MO). Nomenclatural synonyms: Echinocereus dasyacanthus var. ctenoides (Engelmann) Backeberg1960:2021. Echinocereus pectinatus var. ctenoides* Weniger 1971:31 nom. inval. (no basionym given). Echinocereus pectinatus var. ctenoides (Engelmann) Weniger ex Frank 1991:135. Echinocereus pectinatus subsp. ctenoides (Engelmann) Frank 1997:136. Echinocereus spinosissimus var. ctenoides* (Engelmann) Ito 1981:237. nom. inval. (no basionym). Note: Echinocereus pectinatus var. wenigeri is considered by Frank (1997) to be a taxonomic synonym of this species. Echinocereus cucumis Werdermann 1949:3-4. Type – locality: unknown [received from Hummel in 1937 without location noted, but probably from Sonora, Mexico]. Nomenclatural synonyms: Echinocereus noctiflorus* Hort. ex Backeberg …

Note: To keep the original text structure within WordPress, we have to copy the text into a grey „preformatted box“. You can scroll to the right using the right button of your keyboard or with the scroll bar at the bottom. Echinocereus morricalii Riha 1975:75. Type – locality: Mexico, Nuevo Leon, Barranca de las Garrapatas south of Monterrey; D. B. Morrical (PRC 322). Nomenclatural synonyms: Echinocereus viereckii var. morricalii (Riha) Taylor 1985b:93. Echinocereus blanckii var. inermis* Heyer 1989:26 pro syn. Echinocereus viereckii subsp. morricalii (Riha) Taylor 1997:10. *Echinocereus multiangularis = Haageocereus sp. *Echinocereus multiangularis var. limensis = Haageocereus sp. *Echinocereus multiangularis var. maletianus = ? *Echinocereus multiangularis var. pallidior = ? Echinocereus multicostatus Cels ex Rumpler 1886:834. Type – locality: unknown; ? (?). Nomenclatural synonyms: Echinocereus leeanus var. multicostatus (Cels ex Rumpler) Schumann 1897:289. Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. multicostatus (Cels ex Rumpler) Marshall 1953:67. Note: this species is often considered a taxonomic synonym of Echinocereus leeanus, but its may be of South American origin and not an Echinocereus. Echinocereus munzii (Parish) Benson 1941:361. basionym: Cereus munzii …

Note: To keep the original text structure within WordPress, we have to copy the text into a grey „preformatted box“. You can scroll to the right using the right button of your keyboard or with the scroll bar at the bottom. Echinocereus reichenbachii (Terscheck ex Walpers) Haage Jr. ex Britton & Rose 1922:25. = Echinocactus reichenbachii Terscheck ex Walpers 1843:320 (Terscheck Verzeichnis 2. According to Schumann 1897:452). Type – locality: Mexico.; ? (?). Nomenclatural synonyms: Echinocereus pectinatus var. reichenbachii (Terscheck ex Walpers) Werdermann 1930:t5. Echinocereus caespitosus var. reichenbachii* Ters. ex Borg 1937:174 nom. illegit. Note: Since Terscheck’s Original publication has not been found there is confusion concerning whether the two names Echinocactus reichenbachii and Echinocactus reichenbachianus refer to the same plant. The name Echinocereus reichenbachii is usually applied to Echinocereus caespitosus although this is uncertain since the original description of Echinocactus reichenbachii did not have a description of the plant’s flower, and no collector or exact type locality is listed. Benson (1982:946) designated Palmer 511, near Saltillo, Mexico, 10 April 1905 (US 570013) as the …

Note: To keep the original text structure within WordPress, we have to copy the text into a grey „preformatted box“. You can scroll to the right using the right button of your keyboard or with the scroll bar at the bottom. Herbarium Abbreviations (ARIZ) – University of Arizona, Tucson. (ASU) – Arizona State University. (B) – Dahlem Botanical Museum, Berlin. (CA) – California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. (DES) – Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix. (DS) – Dudley Herbarium, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. (HBG) – University of Hamberg. (HNT) – Huntington Botanical Garden. (IBUG) – Universidad de Guadalajara, Zapopan, Jalisco. Mexico. (JE) – Friedrich – Schiller University, Jena. (K) – Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. (KR) – Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde Karlsruhe (LAM) – Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. (MEXU) – Universidad Autonoma de Mexico. (MICH) – University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. (MO) – Missouri Botanical Garden, Saint Louis. (OKL) – University of Oklahoma, Norman. (P) – Museum National d’Histoire Naturalle, Paris, France (POM) – Pomona College, Claremont, California. (PRC) – Charles University, Prague. …