Taxonomic account

Selenicereus triangularis

Selenicereus triangularis (L.) D.R.Hunt

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Selenicereus
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]

Cactus anizogonus C.F.Först.
Cactus triangularis L.
Cactus triangularis var. aphyllus Jacq.
Cactus triangularis var. foliaceus Jacq.
Cactus triangularis var. variegatus Bertol.
Cereaster triangularis (L.) F.Berge
Cereaster triangularis var. variegatus F.Berge
Cereus anizogonus Salm-Dyck
Cereus compressus Mill.
Cereus napoleonis Graham
Cereus pomifer Weing.
Cereus triangularis Mill.
Cereus triangularis var. major DC.
Cereus triangularis var. pictus DC.
Cereus trigonus Haw.
Cereus trigonus var. quadrangularis Haw.
Cereus venditus Paulsen
Hylocereus antiguensis Britton & Rose
Hylocereus cubensis Britton & Rose
Hylocereus napoleonis Britton & Rose
Hylocereus triangularis (L.) Britton & Rose
Hylocereus trigonus (Haw.) Saff.
Selenicereus trigonus (Haw.) S.Arias & N.Korotkova

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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