Taxonomic account

Cereus aethiops

Cereus aethiops Haw.

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Cereus
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 aethiops var. landbeckii (Phil. ex Regel) Backeb.
Cereus aethiops var. melanacanthus (K.Schum.) Backeb.
Cereus azureus J.Parm. ex Pfeiff.
Cereus azureus var. seidelii (Lehm. ex Salm-Dyck) Dams
Cereus calybeus J.F.Cels
Cereus chalibaeus Salm-Dyck
Cereus coerulescens f. landbeckii (Phil. ex Regel) Schelle
Cereus coerulescens f. melanacanthus (K.Schum.) Schelle
Cereus coerulescens var. landbeckii (Phil. ex Regel) K.Schum.
Cereus coerulescens var. melanacanthus K.Schum.
Cereus landbeckii Phil. ex Regel
Cereus landbeckii var. phillipii Rob.
Cereus melanacanthus (K.Schum.) Schelle
Cereus seidelii Lehm. ex Salm-Dyck
Piptanthocereus aethiops (Haw.) F.Ritter
Piptanthocereus azureus (J.Parm. ex Pfeiff.) Riccob.
Piptanthocereus chalibaeus (Salm-Dyck) Riccob.

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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