Echinocactus formosus

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Since 4 Aug 2013

Echinocactus formosus Pfeiff.
Enum. Diagn. Cact. 50. 1837
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Echinopsis formosa (Pfeiff.) Jacobi ex Salm-Dyck
Cact. Hort. Dyck. (1849) 39. 1850 [1-6 Apr 1850]

Synonyms:

See all synonyms of Echinopsis formosa

Common Names include:
SPANISH (Español): Koko, Pasakana

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the

Echinopsis formosa (Pfeiff.) Jacobi ex Salm-Dyck
Echinopsis formosa subs. kieslingii (Rausch) M.Lowry: has stem to 20 cm in diameter with spines always curved, flower lateral near the tip, with narrow-lanceolate perianth segment and the very short style. Distribution: Tucuman, Sierra de Quilmes, Argentina.
Echinopsis formosa subs. korethroides (Werderm.) M.Lowry
Echinopsis formosa subs. randallii (Cárdenas) M.Lowry
Echinopsis formosa subs. rosarioana (Rausch) M.Lowry

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