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May 2019

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Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill.

This species name was first published in Gard. Dict.: Cereus No. 1. 1768.

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-0000597191.

Synonyms of Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Acanthocereus thalassinus (Otto & A.Dietr.) Borg Cacti 133 1937 wfo-0000513103
Cactus hexagonus L. Sp. Pl. 466 1753 wfo-0000577898
Cactus octogonus Page ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, 1: 246 1840 wfo-0000578053
Cactus regalis Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 496 1825 wfo-0000578169
Cephalocereus perlucens (K.Schum.) Borg Cacti ed. 2: 144 1951 wfo-0000594747
Cereus horridus Otto ex Pfeiff. Allg. Gartenzeitung 5: 370 1837 wfo-0000597207
Cereus horridus var. alatosquamatus Werderm. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 452 1935 wfo-0000597208
Cereus karstenii Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck. ed. 2: 218 1850 wfo-0000597255
Cereus lepidotus Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck. ed. 2: 207 1850 wfo-0000597298
Cereus longiflorus Alexander Lloydia 2: 199 1939 wfo-0000597315
Cereus perlucens K.Schum. Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 10: 173 1900 wfo-0000597490
Cereus regalis Haw. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 496 1825 wfo-0000597587
Cereus thalassinus Otto & A.Dietr. Allg. Gartenzeitung 6: 34 1838 wfo-0000597748
Cereus thalassinus var. quadrangularis C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk. 399 1846 wfo-0000738747
Pilosocereus perlucens (K.Schum.) Byles & G.D.Rowley Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 19(3): 67 1957 wfo-0001247303