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Echinocactus polycephalus Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Echinocactus (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: Pacif. Railr. Rep. Parke, Bot. 4: 31 1857.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:132086-1.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Echinocactus polycephalus var. flavispinus F.Haage	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Echinocactus polycephalus var. polycephalus	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Emorycactus polycephalus (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Doweld	Synonym		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
Echinocactus polycephalus subsp. xeranthemoides (J.M.Coult.) N.P.Taylor	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	2

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-2782177.

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