Coryphantha pycnacantha

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

Order:Caryophyllales

Coryphantha pycnacantha
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Coryphantha
Species:	C. pycnacantha
Binomial name
Coryphantha pycnacantha (Mart.) Lem.
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy Cactus acanthostephes (Lehm.) Kuntze Cactus latimamma (DC.) Kuntze Cactus pycnacanthus (Mart.) Kuntze Cactus scepontocentrus (Lem.) Kuntze Cactus winkleri (Poselg.) Kuntze Coryphantha acanthostephes (Lehm.) Lem. Coryphantha andreae A.Berger Coryphantha conimamma (Linke) A.Berger Coryphantha connivens Britton & Rose Coryphantha pycnacantha var. calipensis U.Guzmán Coryphantha pycnacantha subsp. sniceri (Halda, Kupčák & Sladk.) Halda, Kupčák & Sladk. Echinocactus acanthostephes (Lehm.) Poselg. Echinocactus pycnacanthus (Mart.) Poselg. Echinocactus radiatus Pfeiff. Echinocactus winkleri Poselg. Escobaria sniceri Halda, Kupčák & Sladk. Mammillaria acanthostephes Lehm. Mammillaria andreae J.A.Purpus & Boed., nom. illeg. homonym. post. Mammillaria conimamma Linke Mammillaria latimamma DC. Mammillaria latimamma var. spinosior Monv. ex Salm-Dyck Mammillaria pycnacantha Mart. (1829) (basionym) Mammillaria scepontocentra Lem. Mammillaria winkleri (Poselg.) C.F.Först.

Coryphantha pycnacantha is a cactus species endemic to central Mexico.

It is native to the states of Hidalgo, Puebla, Tlaxcala, and Veracruz

It grows on deep lava soils, and is an IUCN Red List Endangered species.^[2]