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Taxonomic account

Weingartia mentosa

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Weingartia mentosa (F.Ritter) F.H.Brandt

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Weingartia
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]

  • Rebutia mentosa (F.Ritter) Donald
  • Sulcorebutia albissima (F.H.Brandt) Pilbeam
  • Sulcorebutia augustini var. jakubeciana Halda, Heřtus & Horáček
  • Sulcorebutia augustinii Hentzschel
  • Sulcorebutia flavissima Rausch
  • Sulcorebutia markusii Rausch
  • Sulcorebutia markusii subsp. tintiniensis Gertel
  • Sulcorebutia mentosa F.Ritter
  • Sulcorebutia mentosa subsp. flavissima (Rausch) Šída
  • Sulcorebutia mentosa var. swobodae (K.Augustin) K.Augustin
  • Sulcorebutia sedae Heřtus, Horáček & Kunte
  • Sulcorebutia steinbachii subsp. markusii (Rausch) Gertel & J.de Vries
  • Sulcorebutia steinbachii var. markusii (Rausch) Gertel & J.de Vries
  • Sulcorebutia steinbachii var. tintiniensis (Gertel) Gertel & J.de Vries
  • Sulcorebutia swobodae K.Augustin
  • Sulcorebutia tiraquensis var. augustinii (Hentzschel) Gertel & J.de Vries
  • Sulcorebutia torancaniana Horáček & Megarejo
  • Weingartia albissima F.H.Brandt
  • Weingartia augustinii (Hentzschel) Hentzschel & K.Augustin
  • Weingartia flavida F.H.Brandt
  • Weingartia flavissima (Rausch) F.H.Brandt
  • Weingartia formosa F.H.Brandt
  • Weingartia markusii (Rausch) F.H.Brandt
  • Weingartia markusii var. tintiniensis (Gertel) Hentzschel & K.Augustin
  • Weingartia mentosa subsp. albissima (F.H.Brandt) Lodé
  • Weingartia mentosa subsp. swobodae (K.Augustin) Lodé
  • Weingartia mentosa var. albissima (F.H.Brandt) Hentzschel & K.Augustin
  • Weingartia mentosa var. swobodae (K.Augustin) Hentzschel & K.Augustin
  • Weingartia steinbachii subsp. markusii (Rausch) Gertel & J.de Vries
  • Weingartia steinbachii var. tintiniensis (Gertel) Gertel & J.de Vries
  • Weingartia tiraquensis var. augustinii (Hentzschel) Gertel & J.de Vries
  • Weingartia torancaniana (Horáček & Megarejo) M.H.J.van der Meer

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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