Taxonomic account

Arrojadoa rhodantha

Arrojadoa rhodantha (Gürke) Britton & Rose

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Arrojadoa
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]

Arrojadoa aureispina Buining & Brederoo
Arrojadoa aureispina var. anguinea P.J.Braun & Esteves
Arrojadoa aureispina var. guanambensis P.J.Braun & Heimen
Arrojadoa canudosensis Buining & Brederoo
Arrojadoa horstiana P.J.Braun & Heimen
Arrojadoa rhodantha subsp. aureispina (Buining & Brederoo) P.J.Braun & Esteves
Arrojadoa rhodantha subsp. canudosensis (Buining & Brederoo) P.J.Braun
Arrojadoa rhodantha subsp. reflexa P.J.Braun
Arrojadoa rhodantha var. anguinea (P.J.Braun & Esteves) P.J.Braun & Esteves
Arrojadoa rhodantha var. guanambensis (P.J.Braun & Heimen) P.J.Braun & Esteves
Arrojadoa rhodantha var. occibahiensis P.J.Braun
Arrojadoa rhodantha var. theunisseniana (Buining & Brederoo) P.J.Braun
Arrojadoa theunisseniana Buining & Brederoo
Cephalocereus rhodanthus (Gürke) Werderm.
Cereus rhodanthus Gürke

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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