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Echinopsis pugionacantha

Echinopsis pugionacantha

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Source-backed classification draft for Echinopsis pugionacantha.

Scientific taxonomy article

Echinopsis pugionacantha

Echinopsis pugionacantha Rose & Boed. 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, WESTERNSOUTHAMERICA, AGWTU, AGWSL, SOUTHERNAMERICA, AGWJU, AGWME, BOL, BOLOO, AGWSA; Bolivia to Argentina (Jujuy).1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, montane tropical.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 pugionacantha Rose & Boed.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:88469-2 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Echinopsis pugionacantha". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7281272 ↩

Plants In This Group

Echinopsis pugionacantha

Echinopsis pugionacantha

Echinopsis pugionacantha

Echinopsis pugionacantha is a highly resilient cactus species native to the high altitude Andes, famed for its formidable, dagger like spines and large, vibrantly colored yellow to orange flowers. It exhibits a geophytic growth habit, often shrinking flush with the soil during dry periods .