Species list


Thelocactus is a small genus with few species, but the names referable to it are many, as is the case with most of the cactus genera. The taxa I recognize are underlined. The synonyms are normal typed, the taxa to which they are referable being on their right.


argenteus
aurantiacus
bicolor
bolaensis
buekii
commodus see bicolor
conothelos
crassior see leucacanthus
decipiens see hexaedrophorus
droegeanus see hexaedrophorus
ehrenbergii see leucacanthus
ellipticus see bicolor
flavidispinus
flavus
fossulatus see hexaedrophorus
franci see hexaedrophorus
freudenbergeri
garciae
hastifer
heterochromus
hexaedrophorus
hintonii
huizachensis see tulensis
icamolensis see rinconensis
jarmilae see buekii
jarmilae see hexaedrophorus
krainzianus see schmollii
kupcaki see tulensis
kvetae see hexaedrophorus
labouretianus see leucacanthus
lausseri
leucacanthus
lloydii see hexaedrophorus
lophothele see rinconensis
macdowellii
maelenii see leucacanthus
major see hexaedrophorus
matudae see buekii
multicephalus
nidulans
palomaensis see nidulans
panarottoanus see flavus
phymatothelos see rinconensis
porrectus see leucacanthus
pottsii see heterochromus
rhodophthalmus see bicolor
rinconadensis see rinconensis
rinconensis
roseus see hexaedrophorus
sanchezmejoradai see schmollii
santaclarensis see buekii
saussieri see conothelos
schmollii
schottii see bicolor
schwarzii
smithii see conothelos
sniceri see macdowellii
subcostatus see leucacanthus
subporrectus see leucacanthus
tepelmemensis
texensis see bicolor
theloideus see leucacanthus
tuberosus see leucacanthus
tulensis
vaskoanus see tulensis
wagnerianus see bolaensis
zwaki see bicolor