Taxonomic account

Monvillea euchlora

Monvillea euchlora (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) Backeb.

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 alticostatus (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun
Cereus campinensis (Backeb. & Voll) P.J.Braun
Cereus campinensis subsp. piedadensis (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun & Esteves
Cereus campinensis var. piedadensis (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun
Cereus euchlorus F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.
Cereus euchlorus subsp. alticostatus (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun & Esteves
Cereus euchlorus subsp. leucanthus (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun & Esteves
Cereus lauterbachii K.Schum.
Monvillea alticostata F.Ritter
Monvillea campinensis (Backeb. & Voll) Backeb.
Monvillea lauterbachii (K.Schum.) Borg
Monvillea leucantha F.Ritter
Monvillea piedadensis F.Ritter
Pilocereus campinensis Backeb. & Voll
Praecereus campinensis (Backeb. & Voll) Buxb.
Praecereus euchlorus (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) N.P.Taylor
Praecereus euchlorus subsp. euchlorus

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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