Pelecyphora lloydii is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to Mexico.

Pelecyphora lloydii grows with several shoots and often forms cushions.

The first description by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose was published in 1923.

[2] The specific epithet lloydii honors the British cytologist Francis Ernest Lloyd (1868–1947).

David Aquino & Daniel Sánchez moved the species to Pelecyphora based on phylogenetic studies in 2022.