Taxonomic account

Oreocereus leucotrichus

Oreocereus leucotrichus (Phil.) Wagenkn.

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 leucotricha (Phil.) Britton & Rose
Arequipa variicolor (Backeb.) Backeb.
Borzicactus hendriksenianus (Backeb.) Kimnach
Borzicactus leucotrichus (Phil.) Kimnach
Cereus hendriksenianus Backeb.
Echinocactus leucotrichus Phil.
Echinopsis leucotricha (Phil.) Anceschi & Magli
Morawetzia variicolor Kníže
Oreocereus hendriksenianus (Backeb.) Backeb.
Oreocereus hendriksenianus f. densilanatus (Rauh & Backeb.) Krainz
Oreocereus hendriksenianus f. spinosissimus (Rauh & Backeb.) Krainz
Oreocereus hendriksenianus var. densilanatus Rauh & Backeb.
Oreocereus hendriksenianus var. spinosissimus Rauh & Backeb.
Oreocereus knizei T.Hewitt & Donald
Oreocereus variicolor Backeb.
Oreocereus variicolor var. tacnaensis Backeb.

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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