Stenocactus coptonogonusA.Berger

WFO wfo-0001434155 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Stenocactus coptonogonus, photographed by P Gonzalez Zamora
fig. a P Gonzalez Zamora, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-08-01 / obs. 89339537
Stenocactus coptonogonus, photographed by P Gonzalez Zamora
fig. b P Gonzalez Zamora, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 89339350
Stenocactus coptonogonus, photographed by P Gonzalez Zamora
fig. c P Gonzalez Zamora, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 89339297
Stenocactus coptonogonus, photographed by P Gonzalez Zamora
fig. d P Gonzalez Zamora, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 89339218
Stenocactus coptonogonus, photographed by P Gonzalez Zamora
fig. e P Gonzalez Zamora, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 89338941
Stenocactus coptonogonus, photographed by P Gonzalez Zamora
fig. f P Gonzalez Zamora, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 89265950
Stenocactus coptonogonus, photographed by P Gonzalez Zamora
fig. g P Gonzalez Zamora, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 89267036
Stenocactus coptonogonus, photographed by P Gonzalez Zamora
fig. h P Gonzalez Zamora, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 89266012

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Native range 4 botanical countries

Regions where Stenocactus coptonogonus is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico Southwest
Native distribution of Stenocactus coptonogonus, 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
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Southwest MXS

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 9 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.

  • Brittonrosea coptonogona (Lem.) Speg.
  • Echinocactus coptonogonus Lem.
  • Echinocactus coptonogonus var. major Lem.
  • Echinocactus interruptus Scheidw. ex Salm-Dyck
  • Echinofossulocactus coptonogonus (Lem.) Lawr.
  • Echinofossulocactus coptonogonus var. major Lawr.
  • Efossus coptonogonus (Lem.) Orcutt
  • Ferocactus coptonogonus (Lem.) N.P.Taylor
  • Stenocactus coptonogonus (Lem.) A.Berger ex A.W.Hill

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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