Stenocactus pentacanthus(Lem.) A.Berger

WFO wfo-0001434161 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Stenocactus pentacanthus, photographed by José Belem Hernández Díaz
fig. a José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-02-16 / obs. 179752476
Stenocactus pentacanthus, photographed by José Belem Hernández Díaz
fig. b José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 113736456
Stenocactus pentacanthus, photographed by P Gonzalez Zamora
fig. c P Gonzalez Zamora, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 89335593
Stenocactus pentacanthus, photographed by P Gonzalez Zamora
fig. d P Gonzalez Zamora, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 89324923
Stenocactus pentacanthus, photographed by P Gonzalez Zamora
fig. e P Gonzalez Zamora, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 89259304
Stenocactus pentacanthus, photographed by P Gonzalez Zamora
fig. f P Gonzalez Zamora, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 89259150
Stenocactus pentacanthus, photographed by Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez
fig. g Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 94344514
Stenocactus pentacanthus, photographed by Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez
fig. h Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 94346647

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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 pentacantha (Lem.) Speg.
  • Echinocactus anfractuosus var. pentacanthus (Lem.) Salm-Dyck
  • Echinocactus kellerianus Krainz
  • Echinocactus pentacanthus Lem.
  • Echinofossulocactus crispatus f. pentacanthus (Lem.) P.V.Heath
  • Echinofossulocactus pentacanthus (Lem.) Britton & Rose
  • Echinofossulocactus pentacanthus var. david-boudetianus Bravo
  • Efossus pentacanthus (Lem.) Orcutt
  • Stenocactus pentacanthus (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.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite. It has no native range either: Kew's checklist does not cover this taxon.