Echinocactus formosus Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 50. 1837
Echinocactus formosus, Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 50. 1837
is basionym for Soehrensia formosa, Cactaceae 3: 1678. 1959
is basionym for Acanthocalycium formosum, Kaktus-ABC: 224. 1936 ["1935"]
is basionym for Lobivia formosa in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 8: 146. 1937
is basionym for Trichocereus formosus, Kakteen Südamerika 2: 450. 1980
is basionym for Echinopsis formosa, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 39. 1850
Lectotype (designated by Hunt, D.R. & Taylor, N. P. 2006: 71): Argentina, 'Cactus speciosus', Gillies s.n. (K: K000101980) https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.k000101980