Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ariocarpus retusus Scheidw. [Cactaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

No non-scientific names for this plant in the MPNS resource.

Kew's taxonomic resources include 37 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Anhalonium areolosum Lem. Ill. Hort. 6(Misc.): 35 (1859).
Anhalonium elongatum Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 15 (1845).
Anhalonium furfuraceum (S.Watson) J.M.Coult. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 130 (1894).
Anhalonium prismaticum Lem. Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 1 (1839), nom. superfl.
Anhalonium pulvilligerum Lem. Herb. Gén. Amat., sér. 2, 3(Misc.): 44 (1843).
Anhalonium retusum Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 15 (1845).
Ariocarpus confusus Halda & Horáček Cactaceae (Bratislava) 7: 1 (1997).
Ariocarpus elongatus (Salm-Dyck) Wettst. Palaeobiologica 1: 362 (1928).
Ariocarpus elongatus subsp. horacekii (Halda) Halda Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 5: 36 (1998).
Ariocarpus furfuraceus (S.Watson) H.S.Thomps. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 9: 130 (1898).
Ariocarpus furfuraceus f. cristata Frič Život v Přír. 29(4): 14 (1925).
Ariocarpus furfuraceus var. rostratus A.Berger Kakteen: 334 (1929).
Ariocarpus prismaticus Cobbold J. Hort. Home Farm. III 46: 332 (1903), nom. superfl.
Ariocarpus prismaticus var. maior Frič Život v Přír. 29: 9 (1925).
Ariocarpus prismaticus var. minor Frič Život v Přír. 29: 9 (1925).
Ariocarpus pulvilligeris (Monv. ex C.F.Först. & Rümpler) K.Schum. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 24: 550 (1898).
Ariocarpus retusus subsp. confusus (Halda & Horáček) Lüthy Kakteen And. Sukk. 50: 278 (1999).
Ariocarpus retusus var. furfuraceus (S.Watson) G.Frank Kakteen 63: CVIIIb (1975), no basionym date.
Ariocarpus retusus subsp. horacekii Halda & Panar. Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 5: 163 (1998).
Ariocarpus retusus subsp. jarmilae Halda, Horáček & Panar. Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 5: 162 (1998).
Ariocarpus retusus subsp. panarottoi Halda & Horáček Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 5: 163 (1998).
Ariocarpus retusus subsp. pectinatus Weisbarth Kakteen And. Sukk. 54: 291 (2003).
Ariocarpus retusus subsp. scapharostroides Halda & Horáček Cactaceae (Bratislava) 7: 97 (1997).
Ariocarpus retusus subsp. sladkovskyi Halda & Kupčák Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 7: 33 (2000).
Ariocarpus trigonus var. elongatus (Salm-Dyck) Backeb. Cactac.: Handb. Kakteenk. 5: 3087 (1961).
Ariocarpus trigonus var. horacekii Halda Cactaceae (Bratislava) 7: 97 (1997).
Cactus areolosus Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260 (1891).
Cactus prismaticus (Hemsl.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261 (1891), nom. illeg.
Cactus procerus (C.Ehrenb.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261 (1891).
Mammillaria aloides Monv. ex Labour. Monogr. Cact.: 153 (1853).
Mammillaria areolosa Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 1: 503 (1880).
Mammillaria elongata Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 1: 509 (1880), nom. illeg.
Mammillaria furfuracea S.Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 25: 150 (1890).
Mammillaria prismatica Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 1: 517 (1880).
Mammillaria procera C.Ehrenb. Allg. Gartenzeitung 17: 241 (1849).
Mammillaria pulvilligera Monv. ex C.F.Först. & Rümpler Handb. Cakteenk., ed. 2: 231 (1885).
Mammillaria purpuracea S.Watson Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 25: 150 (1890).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ariocarpus retusus	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ariocarpus retusus Scheidw.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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