Taxonomic account

Leucostele nigripilis

Leucostele nigripilis (Phil.) P.C.Guerrero & Helmut Walter

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]

Cactus coquimbanus Molina
Cereus nigripilis Phil.
Cereus panoploeatus Monv.
Cereus spinibarbis var. flavidus Labour.
Cereus spinibarbis var. minor Monv. ex Labour.
Cereus spinibarbis var. purpureus Monv. ex Labour.
Echinopsis coquimbana (Molina) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley
Echinopsis nigripilis (Phil.) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley
Eulychnia coquimbana (Molina) Albesiano
Leucostele coquimbana (Molina) Schlumpb.
Trichocereus chiloensis var. nigripilis (Phil.) Espinosa
Trichocereus coquimbanus (Molina) Britton & Rose
Trichocereus coquimbanus var. nigripilis (Phil.) Borg
Trichocereus nigripilis (Phil.) Backeb.

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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