Taxonomic account

Stenocereus pruinosus

Stenocereus pruinosus (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Buxb.

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Stenocereus
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]

Cactus pruinosus Monv. ex Steud.
Cereus laevigatus Salm-Dyck
Cereus pruinosus (Otto ex Pfeiff.) C.F.Först.
Cereus roridus Pfeiff.
Cereus schumannii Mathsson ex K.Schum.
Echinocactus pruinosus Otto ex Pfeiff.
Griseocactus pruinosus (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Guiggi
Griseocereus pruinosus (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Guiggi
Lemaireocereus laevigatus (Salm-Dyck) Borg
Lemaireocereus pruinosus (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose
Lemaireocereus schumannii (Mathsson ex K.Schum.) Britton & Rose
Neogriseocereus pruinosus (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Guiggi
Pachycereus schumannii (Mathsson ex K.Schum.) C.Nelson
Rathbunia laevigata (Salm-Dyck) P.V.Heath
Rathbunia laevigata var. schumannii (Mathsson ex K.Schum.) P.V.Heath
Rathbunia pruinosa (Otto ex Pfeiff.) P.V.Heath
Ritterocereus laevigatus (Salm-Dyck) Backeb.
Ritterocereus pruinosus (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Backeb.
Stenocereus laevigatus (Salm-Dyck) Buxb.
Stenocereus laevigatus var. schumannii (Mathsson ex K.Schum.) P.V.Heath

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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