Taxonomic account

Harrisia tortuosa

Harrisia tortuosa (J.Forbes) Britton & Rose

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 arendtii Hildm. & Mathes.
Cereus atropurpureus T.B.Sheph.
Cereus tortuosus J.Forbes
Eriocereus arendtii (Hildm. & Mathes.) F.Ritter
Eriocereus tortuosus (J.Forbes) Riccob.

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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