Taxonomic account

Monvillea saxicola

Monvillea saxicola (Morong) A.Berger

Name accepted in Plants of the World Online. [2-WWW]

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Monvillea
Ranga: Species
Genus list verification: 11 October 2026 [2-WWW]

Names in the literature

Synonyms and spelling variants linked to the accepted name in WCVP 16, including updates to the genus list. [27-WWW] [2-WWW]

Cereus cavendishii Monv.
Cereus euchlorus subsp. rhodoleucanthus (K.Schum.) P.J.Braun & Esteves
Cereus paxtonianus J.F.Cels
Cereus rhodoleucanthus K.Schum.
Cereus ritteri P.J.Braun & Esteves
Cereus ritteri subsp. parpaetiensis (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun & Esteves
Cereus saxicola Morong
Cereus saxicola var. anguiniformis Riccob.
Eriocereus cavendishii (Monv.) Riccob.
Monvillea cavendishii (Monv.) Britton & Rose
Monvillea chacoana F.Ritter
Monvillea krapovickiana R.Kiesling
Monvillea parpaetiensis F.Ritter
Monvillea paxtoniana (J.F.Cels) Borg
Monvillea paxtoniana var. borealis F.Ritter
Monvillea rhodoleucantha (K.Schum.) A.Berger
Praecereus saxicola (Morong) N.P.Taylor

Nomenclatural basis

The genus's species list was checked in POWO on 11 October 2026. Authorship and links between older names were compared with WCVP 16, a snapshot from 4 June 2026. [27-WWW] [2-WWW] [2-WWW]

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