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Echinocereus polyacanthus Engelm. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Echinocereus (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: Mem. Tour N. Mexico 104 1848.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:87985-2.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Cereus leeanus Hook.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cereus pacificus Coult.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cereus polyacanthus Engelm.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Echinocereus acifer subsp. ventanensis W.Rischer	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Echinocereus durangensis Rümpler	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Echinocereus durangensis var. nigrispinus Rümpler	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Echinocereus durangensis var. rufispinus Rümpler	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Echinocereus leeanus (Hook.) Lem.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Echinocereus leeanus (Hook.) Lemaire in Forster	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Echinocereus leeanus var. multicostatus (Cels) K.Schum.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Echinocereus matthesianus Backeb.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Echinocereus santaritensis W.Blum & Rutow	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. polyacanthus (Engelm. ex Wisl.) L.D.Benson	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Echinocereus triglochidiatus subsp. polyacanthus (Engelm.) U.Guzmán	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
Echinocereus polyacanthus var. densus (Regel) N.P.Taylor	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	16
Echinocereus polyacanthus var. huitcholensis (F.A.C.Weber) N.P.Taylor	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	5
Echinocereus polyacanthus var. pacificus (Engelm.) N.P.Taylor	Accepted		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23	7

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-2782763.

• this name record has not changed
• names related to this name have changed