Taxonomic account

Nyctocereus serpentinus

Nyctocereus serpentinus (Lag. & Rodr.) Britton & Rose

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Nyctocereus
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]

Cactus ambiguus Bonpl.
Cactus serpentinus Lag. & Rodr.
Cereaster serpentinus (Lag. & Rodr.) F.Berge
Cereus ambiguus (Bonpl.) DC.
Cereus ambiguus var. strictior Weing.
Cereus kalbreyerianus Wercklé
Cereus serpentinus (Lag. & Rodr.) DC.
Cereus serpentinus var. splendens Salm-Dyck ex Lem.
Cereus splendens Salm-Dyck
Echinocereus serpentinus (Lag. & Rodr.) Lem.
Echinocereus splendens (Salm-Dyck) Lem.
Nyctocereus castellanosii Scheinvar
Nyctocereus kalbreyerianus (Wercklé) Croizat
Nyctocereus serpentinus subsp. splendens (Salm-Dyck ex Lem.) Scheinvar
Nyctocereus serpentinus var. ambiguus (Bonpl.) Borg
Nyctocereus serpentinus var. pietatis Bravo
Nyctocereus serpentinus var. splendens (Salm-Dyck ex Lem.) Borg
Nyctocereus serpentinus var. strictior Borg
Peniocereus castellanosii (Scheinvar) Scheinvar
Peniocereus serpentinus (Lag. & Rodr.) N.P.Taylor
Peniocereus serpentinus subsp. pietatis (Bravo) Scheinvar

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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