Taxonomic account

Cipocereus minensis

Cipocereus minensis (Werderm.) F.Ritter

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Cipocereus
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]

Cephalocereus minensis (Werderm.) L.Y.Dawson
Cereus minensis Werderm.
Coleocephalocereus minensis (Werderm.) F.H.Brandt
Pilocereus minensis (Werderm.) Backeb.
Pilosocereus minensis (Werderm.) 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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