Echinocactus oxypterus Zucc. ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 57. 1837 Echinocactus oxypterus Zucc. ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 57. 1837is basionym for Echinofossulocactus oxypterus (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Lawr. in Gard. Mag. (London) 17: 318. 1841Taxon for this nameEchinocactus oxypterus Zucc. ex Pfeiff.