Echinofossulocactus crispatus

Echinofossulocactus

The genus was denominated by G. Lawrence in 1841. Schumann formed a subgenus of Echinocactus called Stenocactus, which Berger elevated to the category genus, and still it is recognized like that in some cases.
The name comes from Greek echinos, porcupine, next to Latin fossula, small ditch, because of a characteristic of the genus, whose plants shows numerous ribs divided by deep and narrow furrows.