Sclerocactus intertextus(Engelm.) N.P.Taylor

WFO wfo-0001256486 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Sclerocactus intertextus, photographed by CK2AZ
fig. a CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-09 / obs. 182335691
Sclerocactus intertextus, photographed by CK2AZ
fig. b CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 70471834
Sclerocactus intertextus, photographed by CK2AZ
fig. c CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 68672245
Sclerocactus intertextus, photographed by CK2AZ
fig. d CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 68614106
Sclerocactus intertextus, photographed by CK2AZ
fig. e CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 68667699
Sclerocactus intertextus, photographed by CK2AZ
fig. f CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 68672331
Sclerocactus intertextus, photographed by Andrew Meeds
fig. g Andrew Meeds, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 34441356
Sclerocactus intertextus, photographed by Andrew Meeds
fig. h Andrew Meeds, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 31032349

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Native range 5 botanical countries

Regions where Sclerocactus intertextus is native: Arizona, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, New Mexico, Texas ArizonaMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestNew MexicoTexas
Native distribution of Sclerocactus intertextus, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Arizona ARI NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
New Mexico NWM
Texas TEX

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 19 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Cereus pectinatus var. centralis J.M.Coult.
  • Echinocactus intertextus Engelm.
  • Echinocactus intertextus f. dasyacanthus (Engelm.) Schelle
  • Echinocactus intertextus var. dasyacanthus Engelm.
  • Echinocereus centralis (J.M.Coult.) Rose
  • Echinocereus pectinatus var. centralis (J.M.Coult.) K.Schum.
  • Echinomastus centralis (J.M.Coult.) Y.Itô
  • Echinomastus dasyacanthus (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
  • Echinomastus intertextus (Engelm.) Britton & Rose
  • Echinomastus intertextus subsp. dasyacanthus (Engelm.) U.Guzmán
  • Echinomastus intertextus subsp. intertextus
  • Echinomastus intertextus var. dasyacanthus (Engelm.) Backeb.
  • Echinomastus intertextus var. intertextus
  • Neolloydia intertexta (Engelm.) L.D.Benson
  • Neolloydia intertexta var. dasyacantha (Engelm.) L.D.Benson
  • Pediocactus intertextus (Engelm.) Halda
  • Pediocactus intertextus var. dasyacanthus (Engelm.) Halda
  • Thelocactus dasyacanthus (Engelm.) W.T.Marshall
  • Thelocactus intertextus (Engelm.) W.T.Marshall

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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