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Echinofossulocactus densispinus Tiegel ex Pechanek
Cactus (Brusells) 3(9): 132 (1971), nom. subn. (Without exact citation of holotype). nom. inval.
Family: CACTACEAE

= Stenocactus densispinus (Tiegel ex Pechanek)
[Basionym: Echinofossulocactus densispinus Tiegel ex Pechanek 1965 ]

Accepted Scientific Name: Stenocactus ochoterenanus Tiegel
Möller's deutsche gärtner-zeitung 1933, xlviii. 397. as 'ochoterenae' Möller

Echinofossulocactus densispinus (Stenocactus densispinus) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
This species is topped with a wisp of white-pink flowers. Such fragile beauty is surrounded by numerous spines that barely conceal the sinuous ribs

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Stenocactus ochoterenanus Tiegel
Möller's deutsche gärtner-zeitung 1933, xlviii. 397. as 'ochoterenae'
Synonymy: 26
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Stenocactus ochoterenanus group

  • Stenocactus densispinus (Tiegel ex Pechanek): has numerous white radial spines (to 22 or more), thin sometimes wavy. Central spines: 4, the superior one up to 6.5 cm long flattened dark-brown that age to tan. Distribution: Mexico, Queretaro, Guanajuato (also reported in Hidalgo Aguascalientes and San Luís Potosí)
  • Stenocactus ochoterenanus Tiegel: has acicular, white radial spines. The 4 central spines are usually more or less terete. It is extremely variable with one form intergrading into another. Distribution: Queretaro and Guanajuato (also in Hidalgo, Jalisco, Aguascalientes, Zacatecas and San Luís Potosí)
  • Stenocactus rosasianus (H.C.Whitmore ex Pechanek): this taxon lacks a description (n.n.) and is not well defined. Plants in cultivation are very variable.

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Echinofossulocactus densispinus (Stenocactus densispinus) Photo by: Cactus Art
14039 cactus-art Cactus Art
Echinofossulocactus densispinus (Stenocactus densispinus) Photo by: Cactus Art


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