Cactaceae
Cactus
Echinocactus platyacanthus
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Echinocactus
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 广刺球, 弁庆, 鬼头丸
- Dutch
- Stoere egelcactus
- English
- Cactus
- Lithuanian
- Plačiadyglis ežiakaktusis
- Spanish
- Biznaga Burra, Biznaga de Acitrón
- Swedish
- Igelkottskaktus
Synonyms
- Coryphantha poselgeriana var. saltillensis (Poselg.) L.Bremer
- Echinocactus arachnoideus Scheidw.
- Echinocactus aulacogonus Lem.
- Echinocactus aulacogonus var. diacopaulax Lem.
- Echinocactus edulis Haage ex C.F.Först.
- Echinocactus ghiesbreghtianus Lem.
- Echinocactus grandis Rose
- Echinocactus grandis f. polycormus Říha & Tabasco
- Echinocactus grandis subsp. polycormus Říha & Tabasco
- Echinocactus helophorus Lem.
- Echinocactus helophorus var. laevior Lem.
- Echinocactus helophorus var. longifossulatus Lem.
- Echinocactus ingens Zucc. ex Pfeiff.
- Echinocactus ingens f. aulocogonus (Lem.) Schelle
- Echinocactus ingens f. helophorus (Lem.) Schelle
- Echinocactus ingens f. saltillensis (Poselg.) Schelle
- Echinocactus ingens f. viznaga (Hook.) Voss
- Echinocactus ingens var. grandis Speg.
- Echinocactus ingens var. helophorus (Lem.) K.Schum.
- Echinocactus ingens var. saltillensis (Poselg.) K.Schum.
- Echinocactus ingens var. subinermis K.Schum.
- Echinocactus ingens var. viznaga (Hook.) K.Schum.
- Echinocactus irroratus Scheidw.
- Echinocactus karwinskianus Burkart
- Echinocactus karwinskii Zucc. ex Pfeiff.
- Echinocactus macracanthus de Vriese
- Echinocactus minax Lem.
- Echinocactus minax var. laevior Lem.
- Echinocactus oligacanthus Mart. ex Pfeiff.
- Echinocactus oligacanthus Salm-Dyck
- Echinocactus palmeri Rose
- Echinocactus platyacanthus f. grandis (Rose) Bravo
- Echinocactus platyacanthus f. visnaga (Hook.) Bravo
- Echinocactus platyacanthus var. palmeri (Rose) H.P.Kelsey & Dayton
- Echinocactus platyceras Lem.
- Echinocactus platyceras var. laevior C.F.Först.
- Echinocactus platyceras var. minax Salm-Dyck ex C.F.Först.
- Echinocactus saltillensis Poselg.
- Echinocactus saltillensis Poselger
- Echinocactus tuberculatus Link & Otto
and 9 more.
Plant problems
Christmas cactus leaves limp and wrinkled: causes and fixesLimp, wrinkled Christmas cactus stems can signal dry mix or damaged roots. Check moisture before choosing watering or root-rescue steps.
Christmas cactus buds falling off: causes and fixesChristmas cactus buds falling off? Learn the likely causes and how steady temperatures, careful watering and fewer moves can protect remaining buds.
Photos
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nathalie Pineda, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alejandro Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hernández Ramírez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.