Taxonomic account

Echinopsis cuzcoensis

Echinopsis cuzcoensis (Britton & Rose) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley

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]

Azureocereus deflexispinus Backeb. ex Rauh
Cereus cuzcoensis (Britton & Rose) Werderm.
Cereus deflexispinus Rauh & Backeb.
Echinopsis knuthiana (Backeb.) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley
Echinopsis tarmaensis (Rauh & Backeb.) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley
Echinopsis tulhuayacensis (Ochoa ex Backeb.) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley
Trichocereus cuzcoensis Britton & Rose
Trichocereus cuzcoensis var. knuthianus (Backeb.) F.Ritter
Trichocereus knuthianus Backeb.
Trichocereus tarmaensis Rauh & Backeb.
Trichocereus tulhuayacensis Ochoa ex 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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