Taxonomic account

Harrisia fernowii

Harrisia fernowii Britton

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Harrisia
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 eriophorus var. laeteviridis Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff.
Cereus taylorii (Britton) Vaupel
Harrisia eriophora subsp. fernowii (Britton) Guiggi
Harrisia taylorii Britton

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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