⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-2782668, with some changes.

Echinocereus leptacanthus (Salm-Dyck) K.Schum. is a synonym of Echinocereus pentalophus (DC.) Lem.

The record derives from WCSP (in review) which reports it as a synonym with original publication details: Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 260 1898.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:87929-2.