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The genus Echinopsis is in the family Cactaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Echinopsis

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Echinopsis adolfofriedrichii G.Moser	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis ancistrophora Speg.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis angelesiae (R.Kiesling) G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis antezanae (Cárdenas) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis arachnacantha (Buining & Ritter) Friedrich	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis arboricola (Kimnach) Mottram	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis arebaloi Cárdenas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis atacamensis (Phil.) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis aurea Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis backebergii Werderm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis baldiana Speg.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis bertramiana (Backeb.) Friedrich & G.D. Rowley	Accepted		TRO
Echinopsis bolligeriana Mächler & Helmut Walter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis bonnieae (Halda, Hogan & Janeba) Halda & Malina	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis boyuibensis F.Ritter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis breviflora (Backeb.) M.Lowry	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis bridgesii Salm-Dyck	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis × cabrerae (R.Kiesling) G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis caineana (Cárdenas) D.R.Hunt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis cajasensis F.Ritter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis calliantholilacina Cárdenas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis callichroma Cárdenas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis calochlora K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis camarguensis (Cárdenas) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis candicans (Gillies ex Salm-Dyck) D.R.Hunt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis catamarcensis (Speg.) F.A.C.Weber	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis caulescens (F.Ritter) M.Lowry	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis cephalomacrostibas (Werderm. & Backeb.) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis chalaensis (Rauh & Backeb.) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis chamaecereus H.Friedrich & Glaetzle	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis chiloensis (Colla) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis chrysantha Werderm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis chrysochete Werderm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis cinnabarina (Hook.) Labour.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis clavata (F.Ritter) D.R.Hunt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis cochabambensis Backeb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis comarapana Cárdenas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis conaconensis (Cárdenas) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis coquimbana (Molina) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis coronata Cárdenas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis cotacajesii Cárdenas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis crassicaulis (R.Kiesling) H.Friedrich & Glaetzle	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis cuzcoensis (Britton & Rose) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis densispina Werderm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis derenbergii Fric	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis deserticola (Werderm.) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis escayachensis (Cárdenas) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis eyriesii (Turpin) Pfeiff. & Otto	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis fabrisii (R.Kiesling) G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis famatimensis (Speg.) Werderm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis ferox (Britton & Rose) Backeb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis formosa (Pfeiff.) Jacobi ex Salm-Dyck	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis fraciliflora Cárdenas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis friedrichii G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis glauca (F.Ritter) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis haematantha (Speg.) D.R.Hunt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis hahniana (Backeb.) R.S.Wallace	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis hammerschmidii Cárdenas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis hertrichiana (Backeb.) D.R.Hunt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis huascha (Web.) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis huotii (Cels.) Labour.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis hystrichoides F.Ritter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis ibicuatensis Cárdenas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis kladiwaiana Rausch	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis klingleriana Cárdenas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis knuthiana (Backeb.) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis lageniformis (C.F.Först.) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis lamprochlora (Lem.) H.Friedrich & Glaetzle	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis lateritia Gürke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis leucantha (Gillies ex Salm-Dyck) Walp.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis macrogona (Salm-Dyck) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis mamillosa Gürke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis marsoneri Werderm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis mataranensis Cárdenas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis maximiliana Heyder ex A.Dietr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis meyeri Heese	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis mieckleyi R.Mey.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis minuana Speg.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis mirabilis Speg.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis molesta Speg.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis nigra Backeb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis obrepanda (Salm-Dyck) K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis oligotricha (Cárdenas) M.Lowry	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis oxygona (Link) Zucc. ex Pfeiff. & Otto	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis pachanoi (Britton & Rose) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis pampana (Britton & Rose) D.R.Hunt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis pamparuizii Cárdenas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis pentlandii (Hook.) Salm-Dyck ex A.Dietr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis peruviana (Britton & Rose) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis pseudomamillosa Cárdenas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis pugionacantha Rose & Boed.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis quadratiumbonata (F.Ritter) D.R.Hunt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis rhodotricha K.Schum.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis riviere-de-caraltii Cárdenas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis saltensis Speg.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis sanguiniflora (Backeb.) D.R.Hunt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis santaensis (Rauh & Backeb.) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis schickendantzii F.A.C.Weber	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis schieliana (Backeb.) D.R.Hunt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis schoenii (Rauh & Backeb.) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis scopulicola (F.Ritter) Mottram	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis silvestrii Speg.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis smrziana Backeb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis spachiana (Lem.) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis spinibarbis (Otto) A.E.Hoffm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis stilowiana (Backeb.) J.G.Lamb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis strigosa (Salm-Dyck) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis subdenudata Cárdenas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis sucrensis Cárdenas	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis tacaquirensis (Vaupel) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis taratensis (Cárdenas) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis tarijensis (Vaupel) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis tarmaensis (Rauh & Backeb.) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis tegeleriana (Backeb.) D.R.Hunt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis terscheckii (Parm.) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis thelegona (Web.) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis thelegonoides (Speg.) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis thionantha (Speg.) D.R.Hunt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis tiegeliana (Wessner) D.R.Hunt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis trichosa (Cárdenas) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis tubiflora (Pfeiff.) Zucc. ex A.Dietr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis tulhuayacensis (Ochoa) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis tunariensis (Cárdenas) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis uyupampensis (Backeb.) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis vasquezii (Rausch) G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis vatteri (R.Kiesling) G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis volliana (Backeb.) Friedrich & G.D.Rowley	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis walteri (R.Kiesling) H.Friedrich & Glaetzle	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis werdermannii Fric ex Fleisch.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Echinopsis yuquina D.R.Hunt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 336 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Echinopsis. Of these 130 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 156 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Echinopsis. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 336 species names for the genus Echinopsis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	130	38.7%
◕	Synonym	125	37.2%
◕	Unplaced	37	11.0%
◕	Unassessed	44	13.1%

All names

The status of the 492 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Echinopsis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	159	32.3%
◕	Synonym	251	51.0%
◕	Unplaced	37	7.5%
◕	Unassessed	45	9.1%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid

The confidence with which the status of the 336 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Echinopsis, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	118	97	0	0	215	64.0%
	Low confidence	12	28	37	44	121	36.0%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Echinopsis, are as follows: