Homalocephala (plant)

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Homalocephala
Echinocactus polycephalus 4.jpg
Homalocephala polycephala
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Cacteae
Genus: Homalocephala
Britton & Rose [1]
Type species
Homalocephala texensis
Species

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Homalocephala is a genus of plants native to Mexico and the United States. [1] In the past, all three species have been considered to be in the genus Echinocactus . [2]

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Species

As of June 2025, Plants of the World Online accepts three species:

ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Echinocactus parryi.jpg Homalocephala parryi (Engelm.) Vargas & Bárcenas
syn. Echinocactus parryi		Devil's cushionMexico
Echinocactus polycephalus, Section 6 BLM 8197 RobbHannawacker.jpg Homalocephala polycephala (Engelm. & J.M.Bigelow) Vargas & Bárcenas
syn. Echinocactus polycephalus		Cotton top cactusS. California, S. Nevada, Arizona, Mexico
Homalocephala texensis.jpg Homalocephala texensis (Hopffer) Britton & Rose
syn. Echinocactus texensis		Horse crippler cactusSW. Oklahoma to NE. Mexico

References

  1. 1 2 "Homalocephala Britton & Rose | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-06-07.
  2. ↑ Vargas-Luna, Mario Daniel; Hernández-Ledesma, Patricia; Majure, Lucas Charles; Puente-Martínez, Raúl; Macías, Héctor Manuel Hernández; Luna, Rolando Tenoch Bárcenas (2018-11-13). "Splitting Echinocactus: morphological and molecular evidence support the recognition of Homalocephala as a distinct genus in the Cacteae". PhytoKeys (111): 31–59. Bibcode:2018PhytK.111...31V. doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.111.26856 . ISSN   1314-2003. PMC   6246732 . PMID   30483031.
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