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Epiphyllum oxypetalum (DC.) Haw.

This species name was first published in in Philos. Mag. Ann. Chem. 6: 109. 1829.

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-0000670203.

Synonyms of Epiphyllum oxypetalum (DC.) Haw.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Phyllocactus guyanensis Brongn. ex Labour. Monogr. Cact.: 416. 1853. wfo-0000397893
Phyllocactus latifrons (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Link ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 341. 1843. wfo-0000397898
Cactus oxypetalus Moc. & Sessé ex DC. Prodr. 3: 470. 1828. wfo-0000578068
Cereus latifrons Zucc. ex Pfeiff. in Denkschr. Akad. Muench. 2: 735. 1837. wfo-0000597287
Cereus oxypetalus DC. Prodr. 3: 470. 1828. wfo-0000597443
Epiphyllum acuminatum K.Schum. Fl. Bras. 4(2): 222. 1890. wfo-0000670146
Epiphyllum grande (Lem.) Britton & Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 257. 1913. wfo-0000670182
Epiphyllum latifrons (Zucc. ex Pfeiff.) Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 125. 1837. wfo-0000670192
Epiphyllum oxypetalum var. purpusii (Weing.) Backeb. Cactaceae 2: 747. 1959. wfo-0000670204
Epiphyllum purpusii (Weing.) F.M.Knuth Kaktus-ABC: 161. 1936. wfo-0000670223
Phyllocactus grandis Lem. Fl. des Serres 3: 255. 1847. wfo-0001233011
Phyllocactus acuminatus (K.Schum.) K.Schum. Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 213. 1897–1899. wfo-0001233012
Phyllocactus purpusii Weing. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 17: 34. 1907. wfo-0001233013
Phyllocactus oxypetalus (DC.) Link ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 341. 1843. wfo-0001287958