Echinocactus oligacanthus
Echinocactus oligacanthus
Echinocactus oligacanthus
Echinocactus oligacanthus Salm-Dyck is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1
The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Echinocactus.12
POWO records the plant context as Unknown, Unknown.1
This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.
References
- Plants of the World Online. "Echinocactus oligacanthus Salm-Dyck". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:2782099-4 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Echinocactus oligacanthus". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3942017 ↩
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What is Echinocactus oligacanthus?
Echinocactus oligacanthus is a species-level taxonomy entry identified by the scientific name Echinocactus oligacanthus.
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