Taxonomic account

Monvillea amazonica

Monvillea amazonica (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose

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 amazonicus K.Schum.
Cereus apoloensis (Cárdenas) P.J.Braun & Esteves
Cereus ballivianii (Cárdenas) P.J.Braun & Esteves
Monvillea apoloensis Cárdenas
Monvillea ballivianii Cárdenas
Praecereus amazonicus (K.Schum.) Buxb.
Praecereus apoloensis (Cárdenas) Buxb.
Praecereus euchlorus subsp. amazonicus (K.Schum.) 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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