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Discocactus heptacanthus (Barb.Rodr.) Britton & Rose is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Discocactus (family Cactaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on 2012-03-23 ) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Cact. 3: 218 1922.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:82181-2.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Discocactus boliviensis Backeb.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Discocactus cangaensis Diers & Esteves	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Discocactus catingicola var. griseus (Buining & Brederoo) P.Braun & Esteves	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Discocactus catingicola subsp. griseus (Buining & Brederoo) P.J.Braun & Esteves	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Discocactus cephaliaciculosus Buining & Brederoo ex P.J.Braun & Esteves	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Discocactus cephaliaciculosus subsp. nudicephalus P.J.Braun & Esteves	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Discocactus crassispinus P.J.Braun & Esteves	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Discocactus crassispinus subsp. araguaiensis P.J.Braun & Esteves	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Discocactus diersianus Esteves Pereira	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Discocactus diersianus var. goianus (Diers & Esteves) P.Braun & Esteves	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Discocactus diersianus subsp. goianus (Diers & Esteves) P.J.Braun & Esteves	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Discocactus estevesii Diers	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Discocactus flavispinus Buining & Brederoo	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Discocactus goianus Diers & Esteves	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Discocactus griseus Buining & Brederoo	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Discocactus hartmannii subsp. setosiflorus P.Braun & Esteves	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Discocactus heptacanthus subsp. melanochlorus (Buining & Brederoo) P.J.Braun & Esteves	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Discocactus heptacanthus var. semicampaniflorus (Buining & Brederoo) P.J.Braun & Esteves	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Discocactus lindaianus Diers & Esteves	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Discocactus melanochlorus Buining & Brederoo	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Discocactus paranaensis Backeb.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Discocactus prominentigibbus Diers & Esteves	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Discocactus semicampaniflorus Buining & Brederoo	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Discocactus silicicola Buining & Brederoo	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Discocactus silvaticus Buining & Brederoo	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Discocactus squamibaccatus Buining & Brederoo	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Discocactus subterraneo-proliferans Diers & Esteves	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Malacocarpus heptacanthus Barb. Rodr.	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Neodiscocactus boliviensis (Backeb.) Y.Itô	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Synonyms
Discocactus heptacanthus subsp. catingicola (Buining & Brederoo) N.P.Taylor & Zappi	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	7
Discocactus heptacanthus subsp. magnimammus (Buining & Brederoo) N.P.Taylor & Zappi	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	16

The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa.

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-2772804, and has not been changed.