Cactaceae

Coryphantha erecta (Lem. ex Pfeiff.) Lem.

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Coryphantha

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Coryphantha erecta: Coryphantha erecta Floreando — Photo: Luis Az, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

Chinese: 杨贵妃
Dutch: Rechte krooncactus

Synonyms

Cactus ceratocentrus (Bergman) Kuntze
Cactus erectus (Lem.) Kuntze
Echinocactus erectus (Lem. ex Pfeiff.) Poselg.
Glandulifera erecta (Lem. ex Pfeiff.) Frič
Mammillaria ceratocentra Bergman
Mammillaria erecta Lem.
Mammillaria evanescens C.F.Först.

Flowers

In flower: May to July (from 13 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Photos

Photo: Luis Az, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jose Antonio Aranda Pineda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Erick Vélez Sánchez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sandino Guerrero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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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.