Taxonomic account

Cereus spegazzinii

Cereus spegazzinii F.A.C.Weber

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 anisitsii K.Schum.
Cereus haageanus (Backeb.) N.P.Taylor
Cereus lindenzweigianus Gürke
Cereus spegazzinii var. ebenacanthus (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun & Esteves
Cereus spegazzinii var. hassleri Weing.
Monvillea anisitsii (K.Schum.) A.Berger
Monvillea ebenacantha F.Ritter
Monvillea haageana Backeb.
Monvillea lindenzweigiana (Gürke) Backeb.
Monvillea spegazzinii (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose
Piptanthocereus lindenzweigianus (Gürke) F.Ritter
Piptanthocereus spegazzinii (F.A.C.Weber) 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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