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Cactus and succulent atlas / Weingartia

Taxonomic account

Weingartia purpurea

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Weingartia purpurea Donald & A.B.Lau

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 subsp. purpurea (Donald & A.B.Lau) Donald ex D.R.Hunt
  • Sulcorebutia dorana Gertel
  • Sulcorebutia gigantea (Halda, Heřtus & Horáček) Horáček
  • Sulcorebutia horacekii Slaba
  • Sulcorebutia nadae (Halda, Heřtus & Horáček) Horáček
  • Sulcorebutia nadae subsp. ahaycomaensis Horáček & Megarejo
  • Sulcorebutia purpurea (Donald & A.B.Lau) Brederoo & Donald
  • Sulcorebutia purpurea subsp. dorana (Gertel) Halda, Heřtus & Horáček
  • Sulcorebutia purpurea subsp. gigantea Halda, Heřtus & Horáček
  • Sulcorebutia purpurea subsp. horacekii (Slaba) Halda & Malina
  • Sulcorebutia purpurea subsp. jolantae Halda, Heřtus & Horáček
  • Sulcorebutia purpurea subsp. nadae Halda, Heřtus & Horáček
  • Sulcorebutia purpurea subsp. santiaginiensis (Rausch) Slaba
  • Sulcorebutia purpurea var. unguispina (Rausch) K.Augustin & Gertel
  • Sulcorebutia santiaginiensis Rausch
  • Sulcorebutia unguispina Rausch
  • Weingartia dorana (Gertel) Hentzschel & K.Augustin
  • Weingartia purpurea subsp. santiaginiensis (Rausch) Gertel & J.de Vries
  • Weingartia purpurea var. santiaginiensis (Rausch) Hentzschel & K.Augustin
  • Weingartia purpurea var. unguispina (Rausch) Hentzschel & K.Augustin

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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