Cactaceae
Coryphantha octacantha
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Coryphantha
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Common names
By language (1)
- Chinese
- 侠勇丸, 大粒丸
Synonyms
- Cactus aulacothele (Lem.) Kuntze
- Cactus biglandulosus (Pfeiff.) Kuntze
- Cactus clavus (Pfeiff.) Kuntze
- Cactus exudans (Zucc.) Kuntze
- Cactus macrothele (Mart.) Kuntze
- Cactus martianus (Pfeiff.) Kuntze
- Cactus octacanthus (DC.) Kuntze
- Cactus plaschnickii (Otto) Kuntze
- Cactus polymorphus (Scheer) Kuntze
- Cactus schlechtendalii (Ehrenb.) Kuntze
- Coryphantha aulacothele (Lem.) Lem.
- Coryphantha clava (Pfeiff.) Lem.
- Coryphantha clava var. schlechtendalii (Poselg.) Heinrich ex Backeb.
- Coryphantha exsudans (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Lem. ex C.F.Först.
- Coryphantha exsudans (Zucc.) Lem. ex Britton & Rose
- Coryphantha lehmannii Lem.
- Coryphantha macrothele (Mart. ex Pfeiff.) Kümmler
- Coryphantha schlechtendalii (Poselg.) Lem.
- Echinocactus clava (Pfeiff.) Poselg.
- Echinocactus clavus (Pfeiff.) Poselg.
- Echinocactus glanduligerus Poselg.
- Echinocactus macrothele (Mart. ex Pfeiff.) Poselg.
- Echinocactus macrothele var. biglandulosus (Pfeiff.) Poselg.
- Echinocactus macrothele var. lehmannii Poselg.
- Echinocactus plaschnickii (Pfeiff.) Poselg.
- Echinocactus schlechtendalii (Ehrenb.) Poselg.
- Glandulifera clava (Pfeiff.) Frič
- Mammillaria aulacothele Lem.
- Mammillaria aulacothele var. flavispina Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria aulacothele var. multispina Scheidw.
- Mammillaria aulacothele var. spinosior Monv. ex Lem.
- Mammillaria aulacothele var. sulcimamma H.Pfeiff.
- Mammillaria biglandulosa Pfeiff.
- Mammillaria brevimamma Zucc. ex Pfeiff.
- Mammillaria brevimamma var. exsudans (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria clava Pfeiff.
- Mammillaria curvata Pfeiff.
- Mammillaria exsudans Zucc.
- Mammillaria leucacantha DC.
- Mammillaria macrothele Mart. ex Pfeiff.
and 11 more.
Photos
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: José Belem Hernández Díaz, 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: Jim, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sandino Guerrero, 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
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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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.