Thelocactus rinconensis(Poselg.) Britton & Rose

WFO wfo-0001256542 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Thelocactus rinconensis, photographed by Francisco Martínez González
fig. a Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2021-03-14 / obs. 118198979
Thelocactus rinconensis, photographed by Leticia Jiménez Hernández
fig. b Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 102220323
Thelocactus rinconensis, photographed by Leticia Jiménez Hernández
fig. c Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 53676521
Thelocactus rinconensis, photographed by Leticia Jiménez Hernández
fig. d Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 53670366
Thelocactus rinconensis, photographed by Sandino Guerrero
fig. e Sandino Guerrero, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 39602816
Thelocactus rinconensis, photographed by Sandino Guerrero
fig. f Sandino Guerrero, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 39602930
Thelocactus rinconensis, photographed by Sandino Guerrero
fig. g Sandino Guerrero, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 39602754
Thelocactus rinconensis, photographed by Sandino Guerrero
fig. h Sandino Guerrero, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 39602253

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Native range 1 botanical country

Regions where Thelocactus rinconensis is native: Mexico Northeast Mexico Northeast
Native distribution of Thelocactus rinconensis, 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

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 27 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.

  • Echinocactus lophothele Salm-Dyck
  • Echinocactus lophothele var. longispinus Blume
  • Echinocactus nidulans Quehl
  • Echinocactus phymatothele Poselger ex Rumpler
  • Echinocactus phymatothele Poselg. ex Rümpler
  • Echinocactus phymatothelos Poselg. ex Rümpler
  • Echinocactus rinconensis Poselg.
  • Echinocactus rinconensis Poselg. ex C.F.Först.
  • Thelocactus lophothele (Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose
  • Thelocactus lophothele subsp. freudenbergeri (R.Haas) Matusz.
  • Thelocactus lophothele subsp. hintonii (Lüthy) Matusz.
  • Thelocactus lophothele subsp. nidulans (Quehl) Matusz.
  • Thelocactus lophothele subsp. palomaensis (Pavlícek & Zatloukal) Matusz.
  • Thelocactus lophothele subsp. rinconensis (Poselg.) Matusz.
  • Thelocactus lophothele var. nidulans (Quehl) Kladiwa & Fittkau
  • Thelocactus nidulans (Quehl) Britton & Rose
  • Thelocactus phymatothele (Poselg.) Britton & Rose
  • Thelocactus rinconensis subsp. freudenbergeri (R.Haas) Mosco & Zanov.
  • Thelocactus rinconensis subsp. hintonii Lüthy
  • Thelocactus rinconensis subsp. icamolensis Halda & Kupčák
  • Thelocactus rinconensis subsp. nidulans (Quehl) Glass
  • Thelocactus rinconensis subsp. palomaensis Pavlícek & Zatloukal
  • Thelocactus rinconensis subsp. phymatothelos (Poselg. ex Rümpler) Glass
  • Thelocactus rinconensis subsp. rinconensis

and 3 more.

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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