Echinopsis arachnacantha (syn. Lobivia arachnacantha) is a species of cactus in the genus Echinopsis, native to Bolivia.[1] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[2]

Echinopsis arachnacantha
Echinopsis arachnacantha subsp. arachnacantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Echinopsis
Species:	E. arachnacantha
Binomial name
Echinopsis arachnacantha (Buining & F.Ritter) Friedrich
Synonyms[1]
List Echinopsis ancistrophora subsp. arachnacantha (Buining & F.Ritter) Rausch Echinopsis ancistrophora var. kratochviliana (Backeb.) Rausch Echinopsis arachnacantha var. densiseta Friedrich Echinopsis arachnacantha var. sulphurea (R.Vásquez) G.D.Rowley Echinopsis arachnacantha var. torrecillasensis (Cárdenas) Friedrich Echinopsis arachnacantha var. vallegrandensis Rausch Echinopsis graciliflora Cárdenas Echinopsis kratochviliana Backeb. Echinopsis torrecillasensis Cárdenas Lobivia arachnacantha Buining & F.Ritter Lobivia arachnacantha var. densiseta Rausch Lobivia arachnacantha var. sulphurea R.Vásquez Lobivia arachnacantha var. torrecillacensis (Cárdenas) Buining Neolobivia kratochviliana (Backeb.) Y.Itô Pseudolobivia kratochviliana (Backeb.) Backeb. Pseudolobivia torrecillasensis (Cárdenas) Backeb.

Subtaxa

The following subspecies are accepted:[1]

• Echinopsis arachnacantha subsp. arachnacantha
• Echinopsis arachnacantha subsp. densiseta (Rausch) M.Lowry
• Echinopsis arachnacantha subsp. sulphurea (R.Vásquez) M.Lowry
• Echinopsis arachnacantha subsp. torrecillasensis (Cárdenas) M.Lowry

References

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