Taxonomic account

Acanthocereus hirschtianus

Acanthocereus hirschtianus (K.Schum.) Lodé

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Acanthocereus
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 guatemalensis (Britton & Rose) Vaupel
Cereus hirschtianus K.Schum.
Cereus neumannii K.Schum.
Cereus triangularis f. guatemalensis (Britton & Rose) Eichlam ex Schelle
Nyctocereus guatemalensis Britton & Rose
Nyctocereus hirschtianus (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose
Nyctocereus neumannii (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose
Peniocereus guatemalensis (Britton & Rose) D.R.Hunt
Peniocereus hirschtianus (K.Schum.) D.R.Hunt

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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