Taxonomic account

Oreocereus hempelianus

Oreocereus hempelianus (Gürke) D.R.Hunt

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Oreocereus
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]

Arequipa australis F.Ritter
Arequipa erectocylindrica Rauh & Backeb.
Arequipa hempeliana (Gürke) Oehme
Arequipa rettigii (Quehl) Oehme
Arequipa rettigii var. borealis F.Ritter
Arequipa rettigii var. erectocylindrica (Rauh & Backeb.) Krainz
Arequipa soehrensii Backeb.
Arequipa spinosissima F.Ritter
Arequipa weingartiana Backeb.
Arequipa weingartiana var. carminanthema Backeb.
Arequipiopsis hempeliana (Gürke) Kreuz. & Buining
Arequipiopsis rettigii (Quehl) Kreuz. & Buining
Arequipiopsis weingartiana (Backeb.) Kreuz. & Buining
Borzicactus hempelianus (Gürke) Donald
Borzicactus hempelianus var. rettigii (Quehl) Donald
Borzicactus hempelianus var. spinosissimus (F.Ritter) Donald
Borzicactus hempelianus var. weingartianus (Backeb.) Donald
Echinocactus rettigii Quehl
Echinopsis hempeliana Gürke
Oreocereus australis (F.Ritter) A.E.Hoffm.
Oreocereus rettigii (Quehl) Buxb.

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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