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June 2025

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Cereus auratus Labour.

This species name was first published in Rev. Hort. IV, 4: 27. 1855: 27. 1855.  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000596793.

Synonyms of Cereus auratus Labour.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Pilocereus auratus Labour. ex Rümpler Handb. Cacteenk.: 650. 1885. wfo-0000397864
Echinocactus dumelianus Cels ex Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 39. 1850. wfo-0000660368
Echinopsis aurata Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 39. 1850. wfo-0000661961
Cereus auratus var. intermedius Regel & Klein bis Index Seminum [St. Petersburg (Petropolitanus)] 1860: 45. 1860. wfo-0001430319
Cereus auratus var. mollissimus Regel & Klein bis Index Seminum [St. Petersburg (Petropolitanus)] 1860: 45. 1860. wfo-0001430320
Cereus auratus var. pilosus Regel & Klein bis Index Seminum [St. Petersburg (Petropolitanus)] 1860: 45. 1860. wfo-0001430321