Stenocactus multicostatus(Hildm. ex K.Schum.) A.Berger

WFO wfo-0001256501 Accepted WFO 2026-06 7 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–g · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Stenocactus multicostatus, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. a Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-08-23 / obs. 93087263
Stenocactus multicostatus, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. b Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 93087267
Stenocactus multicostatus, photographed by Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña
fig. c Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 56193105
Stenocactus multicostatus, photographed by SusanaLarios Bayardo
fig. d SusanaLarios Bayardo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 31290384
Stenocactus multicostatus, photographed by Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña
fig. e Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 56193116
Stenocactus multicostatus, photographed by SusanaLarios Bayardo
fig. f SusanaLarios Bayardo, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 31308358
Stenocactus multicostatus, photographed by Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña
fig. g Juan Carlos Pérez Magaña, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 56193123

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Native range 2 botanical countries

Regions where Stenocactus multicostatus is native: Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest Mexico NortheastMexico Southwest
Native distribution of Stenocactus multicostatus, 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 Northeast MXE NORTHERN AMERICA
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 24 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 lloydii (Britton & Rose) Speg.
  • Brittonrosea multicostata (Hildm. ex K.Schum.) Speg.
  • Brittonrosea zacatecasensis (Britton & Rose) Speg.
  • Echinocactus lloydii (Britton & Rose) A.Berger
  • Echinocactus multicostatus Hildm. ex K.Schum.
  • Echinocactus multicostatus Mathsson
  • Echinocactus multicostatus Hildm. ex K.Schum.
  • Echinocactus zacatecasensis A.Berger
  • Echinofossulocactus erectocentrus Backeb.
  • Echinofossulocactus lloydii Britton & Rose
  • Echinofossulocactus multicostatus (Hildm. ex K.Schum.) Britton & Rose
  • Echinofossulocactus multicostatus f. erectocentrus (Backeb.) P.V.Heath
  • Echinofossulocactus multicostatus f. lloydii (Britton & Rose) P.V.Heath
  • Echinofossulocactus multicostatus f. zacatecasensis (Britton & Rose) P.V.Heath
  • Echinofossulocactus multicostatus var. coahuilensis Frič
  • Echinofossulocactus multicostatus var. zacatecasensis (Britton & Rose) Lodé
  • Echinofossulocactus zacatecasensis Britton & Rose
  • Echinofossulocactus zacatecasensis var. moranensis Bravo
  • Efossus lloydii (Britton & Rose) Orcutt
  • Efossus multicostatus (Hildm. ex K.Schum.) Orcutt
  • Efossus zacatecasensis (Britton & Rose) Orcutt
  • Stenocactus lloydii (Britton & Rose) A.Berger ex A.W.Hill
  • Stenocactus zacatecasensis (Britton & Rose) A.Berger ex A.W.Hill
  • Stenocactus zacatecasensis (Britton & Rose) A.Berger

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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