⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-2781751, with some changes.

Echinocactus echidne DC. is a synonym of Ferocactus echidne (DC.) Britton & Rose

The record derives from WCSP (in review) which reports it as a synonym with original publication details: Coll. Mém. 8: 19 1834.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:131768-1.