⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-2772784, and has not been changed.
This name is a synonym of Discocactus heptacanthus .
The record derives from WCSP (in review) which reports it as a synonym with original publication details: Kakteen And. Sukk. 47: 194 1996.