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Echinopsis ferox

Echinopsis ferox

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Source-backed classification draft for Echinopsis ferox.

Scientific taxonomy article

Echinopsis ferox

Echinopsis ferox (Britton & Rose) Backeb. is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Echinopsis.12

Its recorded native range/source remark is AGWSJ, SOUTHERNSOUTHAMERICA, AGW, CLN, WESTERNSOUTHAMERICA, AGWTU, AGWSL, SOUTHERNAMERICA, AGWJU, AGWME, BOL, BOL_OO; Bolivia to NW. Argentina.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, desert or dry shrubland.1

This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.

References

  1. Plants of the World Online. "Echinopsis ferox (Britton & Rose) Backeb.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:132661-1 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Echinopsis ferox". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7281784 ↩

Plants In This Group

Echinopsis ferox

Echinopsis ferox

Echinopsis ferox

Echinopsis ferox is a robust, globose to short cylindrical cactus renowned for its formidable, long, and fiercely curved spines. The specific epithet ferox derives from Latin, meaning 'wild' or 'fierce', which vividly describes the plant's heavily armed appearance .