Echinopsis formosa

Echinopsis formosa (Pfeiff.) Jacobi ex 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 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 formosa (Pfeiff.) Jacobi ex Salm-Dyck". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1101365-2 ↩
2. GBIF Secretariat. "Echinopsis formosa". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7281748 ↩