Stenocactus

{{Short description|Genus of plant in the family Cactaceae}}

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|image_caption = Stenocactus sp.

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|taxon = Stenocactus

|authority = (K.Schum.) A.Berger{{cite web|url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1011609-2|title= Stenocactus (K.Schum.) A.Berger|website=Plants of the World Online|publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date= August 22, 2020}}

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Stenocactus is a genus of cacti in the Cactaceae family.

Synonymy

The following genera have been brought into synonymy with Stenocactus:

Species

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ImageScientific nameDistribution
Stenocactus boedekerianus {{small| A.Berger}}Mexico Northeast
120pxStenocactus coptonogonus {{small|(Lem.) A.Berger}}Mexico (Guanajuato, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas )
120pxStenocactus crispatus {{small| (DC.) A.Berger}}Mexico (Oaxaca, Puebla, Zacatecas)
120pxStenocactus multicostatus {{small| (Hildm.) A.Berger}}Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango)
120pxStenocactus obvallatus {{small| (DC.) A.Berger}}Mexico (Distrito Federal, Mexico)
120pxStenocactus ochoterenianus {{small| Tiegel}}Mexico (Guanajuato, Querétaro de Arteaga)
120pxStenocactus phyllacanthus {{small| (Mart. ex A.Dietr. & Otto) A.Berger}}Mexico (Guanajuato, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, Zacatecas)
Stenocactus sulphureus {{small| (A.Dietr.) Bravo}}Mexico (Hidalgo)
120px Stenocactus vaupelianus {{small| (Werderm.) Backeb. & F.M.Knuth}}Mexico (Hidalgo)

Two further species are of uncertain status, S. hastatus and S. rectispinus

{{cite web

|url = https://www.cactusexpert.org/cultivation-of-cacti/stenocactus.html

|title = Stenocactus

|website = The Cactus Expert

|access-date = 20 November 2024}}

References

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