Taxonomic account

Deamia testudo

Deamia testudo (Karw. ex Zucc.) Britton & Rose

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Deamia
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 miravallensis F.A.C.Weber
Cereus pterogonus Lem.
Cereus testudo Karw. ex Zucc.
Deamia diabolica Clover
Selenicereus miravallensis (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose
Selenicereus testudo (Karw. ex Zucc.) Buxb.
Strophocactus testudo (Karw. ex Zucc.) Ralf Bauer

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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