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June 2025

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genus

Disocactus Lindl.

This genus name was first published in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 31: t. 9. 1845.  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000012175.

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Synonyms of Disocactus

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cereus subsect. Heliocereus A.Berger in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 78. 1905. wfo-3000003218
Bonifazia Standl. & Steyerm. in Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 23: 66. 1944. wfo-4000004972
Chiapasia Britton & Rose Cactaceae 4: 203. 1923. wfo-4000007837
Heliocereus (A.Berger) Britton & Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 433. 1909. wfo-4000017252
Lobeira Alexander in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 16: 177. 1944. wfo-4000022033
Nopalxochia Britton & Rose Cactaceae 4: 204. 1923. wfo-4000026222
Pseudonopalxochia Backeb. Cactaceae 1: 69. 1958. wfo-4000031609
Trochilocactus Linding. Beih. Bot. Centralbl., Abt. 1. 61(Abt. A): 383 (1942) wfo-4000039435
Disheliocereus G.D.Rowley in Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 37: 48. 1982. wfo-4000042533
Mediocereus Frič & Kreuz. in: Kreuzinger, K. G., Verzeichnis Amer. Sukk. Rev. Syst. Kakteen: 19. 1935. wfo-4000042571
Disochia G.D.Rowley in Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 37: 48. 1982. wfo-4000042677

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These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Disocactus:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link