Taxonomic account

Corryocactus apiciflorus

Corryocactus apiciflorus (Vaupel) Hutchison

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Corryocactus
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 apiciflorus Vaupel
Corryocactus brachycladus F.Ritter
Corryocactus erici-marae Cieza
Corryocactus huincoensis F.Ritter
Corryocactus matucanensis F.Ritter
Corryocactus megarhizus F.Ritter
Corryocactus melaleucus F.Ritter
Corryocactus pilispinus F.Ritter
Corryocactus solitarius F.Ritter
Corryocactus tenuiculus (Backeb.) Hutchison
Erdisia apiciflora (Vaupel) Werderm.
Erdisia fortalezensis F.Ritter
Erdisia tenuicula Backeb.

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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