Taxonomic account

Cleistocactus samaipatanus

Cleistocactus samaipatanus (Cárdenas) D.R.Hunt

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]

Bolivicereus brevicaulis F.Ritter
Bolivicereus croceus F.Ritter
Bolivicereus rufus F.Ritter
Bolivicereus samaipatanus Cárdenas
Bolivicereus samaipatanus subsp. divi-miseratus (Cárdenas ex Backeb.) Guiggi
Bolivicereus samaipatanus var. divi-miseratus Cárdenas ex Backeb.
Bolivicereus samaipatanus var. multiflorus Cárdenas
Borzicactus samaipatanus (Cárdenas) Kimnach
Borzicactus samaipatanus var. divi-miseratus (Cárdenas ex Backeb.) Krainz
Borzicactus samaipatanus var. multiflorus (Cárdenas) Krainz
Cleistocactus samaipatanus subsp. divi-miseratus (Cárdenas ex Backeb.) M.Lowry
Echinopsis samaipatana (Cárdenas) 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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