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Cactus and succulent atlas / Echinopsis

Taxonomic account

Echinopsis aurea

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Echinopsis aurea Britton & Rose

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Echinopsis
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]

  • Hymenorebutia aurea (Britton & Rose) F.Ritter
  • Lobivia aurea (Britton & Rose) Backeb.
  • Lobivia shaferi subsp. aurea (Britton & Rose) E.Herzog
  • Pseudolobivia aurea (Britton & Rose) Backeb.
  • Salpingolobivia aurea (Britton & Rose) Y.Itô

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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