Ferocactus histrix (DC.) G.E.Linds. [as Echinocactus melocactiformis DC.]
cited name:
Echinocactus melocactiformis DC.

Mémoires du Muséum d’histoire naturelle, vol. 17: t. 10 (1828) [Torner no. 0088]

drawing: Torner no. 0088
engraving:

family: Cactaceae
subfamily: Cactoideae
tribe: Cacteae
subtribe:

epithet cited: melocactiformis,-is,-e
epithet recognized: histrix

Illustration contributed by:
Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

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Synonyms:

1. Echinocactus coulteri G. Don
2. Echinocactus electracanthus Lemaire
3. Echinocactus histrix DC.
4. Echinocactus hystrichacanthus Lemaire
5. Echinocactus melocactiformis DC.
6. Echinocactus oxypterus Zucc. ex Pfeiff.
7. Echinocactus pfersdorffii Schelle
8. Echinocactus pycnoxyphus Lemaire
9. Bisnaga electracantha (Lem.) Orcutt
10. Bisnaga histrix (DC.) Doweld