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Taxonomic account

Echinopsis candicans

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Echinopsis candicans (Gillies ex Salm-Dyck) D.R.Hunt

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]

  • Cereus candicans Gillies ex Salm-Dyck
  • Cereus candicans f. courantii (K.Schum.) Schelle
  • Cereus candicans f. gladiatus (Lem.) Schelle
  • Cereus candicans f. robustior (Salm-Dyck) Schelle
  • Cereus candicans var. courantii K.Schum.
  • Cereus candicans var. dumesnilianus Zeiss.
  • Cereus candicans var. gladiatus (Lem.) K.Schum.
  • Cereus candicans var. robustior Salm-Dyck
  • Cereus candicans var. spinosior Salm-Dyck ex Walp.
  • Cereus candicans var. tenuispinus Pfeiff.
  • Cereus gladiatus Lem.
  • Cereus gladiatus var. courantii C.F.Först.
  • Cereus gladiatus var. vernaculatus Monv. ex Labour.
  • Cereus lamprochlorus Lem.
  • Cereus lamprochlorus var. salinicola Speg.
  • Cereus montezumae Pfeiff.
  • Cereus nitens Salm-Dyck ex Otto & Dietr.
  • Echinocactus vangaertii C.F.Först.
  • Echinocereus candicans (Gillies ex Salm-Dyck) Haage
  • Echinocereus candicans var. tenuispinus H.Pfeiff. ex Rümpler
  • Echinocereus gladiatus (Lem.) Haage
  • Echinocereus lamprochlorus (Lem.) Engelm. ex Haage
  • Echinopsis candicans var. gladiata (Lem.) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley
  • Echinopsis candicans var. tenuispina (Pfeiff.) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley
  • Echinopsis courantii (K.Schum.) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley
  • Echinopsis lamprochlora (Lem.) H.Friedrich & Glaetzle
  • Echinopsis pseudocandicans (R.Kiesling) H.Friedrich & Glaetzle
  • Echinopsis purpureopilosa (Weing.) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley
  • Helianthocereus pseudocandicans Backeb.
  • Helianthocereus pseudocandicans var. flaviflorus Backeb.
  • Helianthocereus pseudocandicans var. roseiflorus (Backeb.) Backeb.
  • Soehrensia candicans (Gillies ex Salm-Dyck) Schlumpb.
  • Soehrensia purpureopilosa (Weing.) Lodé
  • Trichocereus candicans (Gillies ex Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose
  • Trichocereus candicans f. rubriflorus F.Ritter
  • Trichocereus candicans var. nitens (Salm-Dyck ex Otto & Dietr.) F.Ritter
  • Trichocereus candicans var. roseiflorus Backeb.
  • Trichocereus candicans var. tenuispinus (Pfeiff.) Backeb.
  • Trichocereus courantii (K.Schum.) Backeb.
  • Trichocereus gladiatus Frič
  • Trichocereus gladiatus (Lem.) Backeb.
  • Trichocereus lamprochlorus (Lem.) Britton & Rose
  • Trichocereus neolamprochlorus Backeb.
  • Trichocereus pseudocandicans R.Kiesling
  • Trichocereus purpureopilosus Weing.

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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