Taxonomic account

Leucostele terscheckii

Leucostele terscheckii (J.Parm. ex Pfeiff.) Schlumpb.

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Leucostele
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 fercheckii J.Parm. ex Pfeiff. (spelling variant)
Cereus terscheckii J.Parm. ex Pfeiff.
Echinopsis terscheckii (J.Parm. ex Pfeiff.) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley
Echinopsis terscheckii var. montana (Backeb.) K.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley
Pilocereus terscheckii (J.Parm. ex Pfeiff.) Rümpler
Trichocereus terscheckii (J.Parm. ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose
Trichocereus terscheckii var. montanus Backeb.
Trichocereus terscheckioides 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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