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June 2024

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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
Pilocereus perlucens (K.Schum.) Werderm. Bras. Säulenkakt.: 112. 1933. wfo-0000397670
Piptanthocereus lepidotus Backeb. in Blätt. Kakteenf. 1934(12): 7. 1934. wfo-0000398148
Acanthocereus thalassinus (Otto & A.Dietr.) Borg Cacti: 133. 1937. wfo-0000513103
Cactus hexagonus L. Sp. Pl.: 466. 1753. wfo-0000577898
Cactus hexagonus Lam. Encycl. 1(2): 538. 1785. wfo-0000577899
Cactus octogonus Page ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 246. 1840. wfo-0000578053
Cactus peruvianus DC. Pl. Hist. Succ.: t. 58. 1800. wfo-0000578095
Cactus regalis Spreng. Syst. Veg. 2: 496. 1825. wfo-0000578169
Cephalocereus perlucens (K.Schum.) Borg Cacti: 144. 1951. wfo-0000594747
Cereus horridus Otto ex Pfeiff. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 5: 370. 1837. wfo-0000597207
Cereus horridus var. alatosquamatus Werderm. in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 452. 1935. wfo-0000597208
Cereus lepidotus Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck.: 207. 1850. wfo-0000597298
Cereus longiflorus Alexander in Lloydia 2: 199. 1939. wfo-0000597315
Cereus northumberlandianus Lamb. in Gard. Mag. (London) 17: 91. 1841. wfo-0000597422
Cereus perlucens K.Schum. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 10: 173. 1900. wfo-0000597490
Cereus thalassinus Otto & A.Dietr. in 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 in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 19(3): 67. 1957. wfo-0001247303
Cereus perrottetianus Lem. Icon. Cact.: pl. 8. 1841. wfo-0001288287
Cereus surinamensis Trew Ephem. Nat. Cur. 3: 394. 1733. wfo-0001288354