Taxonomic account

Pachycereus weberi

Pachycereus weberi (J.M.Coult.) Backeb.

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Pachycereus
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 weberi J.M.Coult.
Lemaireocereus weberi (J.M.Coult.) Britton & Rose
Pachycereus gigas (Backeb.) Backeb.
Pachycereus grandis var. gigas Backeb.
Pachycereus weberi var. gigas (Backeb.) P.V.Heath
Stenocereus weberi (J.M.Coult.) 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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