Taxonomic account

Cleistocactus strausii

Cleistocactus strausii (Heese) Backeb.

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]

Borzicactus strausii (Heese) A.Berger
Cephalocereus straussii (Heese) Houghton
Cereus strausii (Heese) Vaupel
Denmoza strausii (Heese) Frič
Denmoza strausii var. luteispina Frič
Echinopsis nothostrausii Anceschi & Magli
Echinopsis strausii (Heese) Anceschi & Magli
Pilocereus strausii Heese
Pilocereus strausii f. cristatus Dörfl.

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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