Taxonomic account

Cereus repandus

Cereus repandus (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 horribarbis (Salm-Dyck) Borg
Cactus peruvianus L.
Cactus repandus L.
Cephalocereus atroviridis (Backeb.) Borg
Cephalocereus remolinensis (Backeb.) Borg
Cereus atroviridis Backeb.
Cereus grenadensis Britton & Rose
Cereus horribarbis Salm-Dyck
Cereus lanuginosus Mill.
Cereus margaritensis J.R.Johnst.
Cereus peruvianus (L.) Mill.
Cereus remolinensis Backeb.
Neoraimondia peruviana (L.) F.Ritter
Pilocereus atroviridis Backeb.
Pilocereus fricii Backeb.
Pilocereus remolinensis Backeb.
Pilocereus repandus (L.) K.Schum.
Pilocereus russelianus subsp. margaritensis (J.R.Johnst.) Croizat
Piptanthocereus peruvianus (L.) Riccob.
Stenocereus peruvianus (L.) R.Kiesling
Subpilocereus atroviridis (Backeb.) Backeb.
Subpilocereus grenadensis (Britton & Rose) Backeb.
Subpilocereus margaritensis (J.R.Johnst.) Backeb.
Subpilocereus remolinensis (Backeb.) Backeb.
Subpilocereus repandus (L.) Backeb.
Subpilocereus repandus var. weberi Backeb.
Subpilocereus russelianus var. margaritensis (J.R.Johnst.) Backeb.

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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