Taxonomic account

Cereus hexagonus

Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill.

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]

Acanthocereus thalassinus (Otto & A.Dietr.) Borg
Cactus hexagonus L.
Cactus octogonus Page ex Steud.
Cactus regalis Spreng.
Cephalocereus perlucens (K.Schum.) Borg
Cereus horridus Otto ex Pfeiff.
Cereus horridus var. alatosquamatus Werderm.
Cereus karstenii Salm-Dyck
Cereus karstenii Salm-Dyck
Cereus longiflorus Alexander
Cereus northumberlandianus Lamb.
Cereus perlucens K.Schum.
Cereus thalassinus Otto & A.Dietr.
Cereus thalassinus var. quadrangularis C.F.Först.
Pilocereus perlucens (K.Schum.) Werderm.
Pilosocereus perlucens (K.Schum.) Byles & G.D.Rowley

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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