Taxonomic account

Cleistocactus crassicaulis

Cleistocactus crassicaulis Cárdenas

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Cleistocactus
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]

Cleistocactus clavicaulis Cárdenas
Cleistocactus crassicaulis var. paucispinus F.Ritter
Cleistocactus micropetalus F.Ritter
Cleistocactus tominensis subsp. micropetalus (F.Ritter) Mottram
Cleistocactus viridialabastri Cárdenas
Echinopsis micropetala (F.Ritter) Anceschi & Magli

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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