Pyrrhocactus aricensis F.Ritter (1963:32)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Neochilenia aricensis (F.Ritter) Backeb. in Descr. Cact. Nov. 3: 9 (1963); Neoporteria aricensis (F.Ritter) Donald & G.D.Rowley in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 28: 55 (1966)
Invalid (synonym of Eriosyce recondita) (POWO, 2025)
Conservation Status
Invalid (synonym of Eriosyce recondita) (POWO, 2025)
Was listed as Extinct by (WCMC, 1992:216).
Distribution & Habitat
Chile
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Humphreys, Aelys M., Govaerts, Rafaël, Ficinski, Sarah Z., Lughadha, Eimear Nic and Vorontsova, Maria S. (2019). Global dataset shows geography and life form predict modern plant extinction and rediscovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3: 1043-1047. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0906-2 [Supplementary Dataset 1] [erroneously lists Pyrrhocactus aricensis as a heterotypic synonym of Neoporteria aricensis, but cites POWO (2018) and so presumably meant to treat it under Eriosyce recondita]
POWO. (2025). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 17 August 2025]
WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre). (1992). Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth's living resources. London: Chapman & Hall. xx + 594 pp.