Taxonomic account

Haageocereus decumbens

Haageocereus decumbens (Vaupel) Backeb.

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Haageocereus
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]

Binghamia australis (Backeb.) Werderm.
Binghamia decumbens (Vaupel) Werderm.
Borzicactus decumbens (Vaupel) Britton & Rose
Cereus decumbens Vaupel
Echinopsis decumbens (Vaupel) Mayta
Echinopsis magliana Mayta & Molinari
Echinopsis subtilispina (F.Ritter) Mayta
Haageocereus ambiguus Rauh & Backeb.
Haageocereus ambiguus var. reductus Rauh & Backeb.
Haageocereus australis Backeb.
Haageocereus australis f. nanus F.Ritter
Haageocereus australis f. subtilispinus F.Ritter
Haageocereus australis var. acinacispinus Rauh & Backeb.
Haageocereus chalaensis F.Ritter
Haageocereus decumbens f. spinosior (Backeb.) Krainz
Haageocereus decumbens var. brevispinus F.Ritter
Haageocereus decumbens var. spinosior Backeb.
Haageocereus litoralis Rauh & Backeb.
Haageocereus mamillatus Rauh & Backeb.
Haageocereus mamillatus var. brevior Rauh & Backeb.
Haageocereus multicolorispinus Buining
Haageocereus ocona-camanensis Rauh & Backeb.
Haageocereus subtilispinus F.Ritter

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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