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Acanthocalycium spiniflorum (K.Schum.) Backeb.

Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Acanthocalycium

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Common names

By language (7)
arz
اكانثوكاليسيوم سبينيفلوروم
Chinese
花冠丸, 凤冠丸, 紫盛丸
Dutch
Paarse doornige kelk
German
Spinicalycium spiniflorum
Russian
Акантокалициум колючецветковый, Акантокалициум фиолетовый
Spanish
Spinicalycium spiniflorum, Spinicalycium violaceum
Swedish
Violsjöborrekaktus

Synonyms

  • Acanthocalycium klimpelianum var. macranthum (Rausch) J.G.Lamb.
  • Acanthocalycium peitscherianum Backeb.
  • Acanthocalycium spiniflorum f. peitscherianum (Backeb.) Donald
  • Acanthocalycium spiniflorum f. violaceum (Werderm.) Donald
  • Acanthocalycium variiflorum Backeb.
  • Acanthocalycium violaceum (Werderm.) Backeb.
  • Echinocactus spiniflorus K.Schum.
  • Echinopsis peitscherana (Backeb.) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley
  • Echinopsis spiniflora (K.Schum.) A.Berger
  • Echinopsis violacea Werderm.
  • Lobivia spiniflora (K.Schum.) Rausch
  • Lobivia spiniflora var. macrantha Rausch
  • Lobivia spiniflora var. peitscheriana (Backeb.) Rausch
  • Lobivia spiniflora var. violacea (Werderm.) Rausch

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.