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Disocactus speciosus subsp. speciosus

At the time of this classification snapshot, this subspecies 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-0001434739.

Synonyms of Disocactus speciosus subsp. speciosus

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cactus speciosissimus Desf. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 3: 193. 1817. wfo-0000578234
Cereus amecaensis Heese Hesdörffers Monatsh. Blumen-Gartenfr. 1: 317. 1897. wfo-0000596762
Cereus coccineus Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 122. 1837. wfo-0000596953
Cereus elegantissimus A.Berger Kakteen: 131. 1929. wfo-0000597051
Cereus ruber Weing. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 15: 22. 1905. wfo-0000597627
Cereus schrankii Zucc. ex Seitz in Allg. Gartenzeitung 2: 244. 1834. wfo-0000597653
Cereus serratus Weing. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 22: 185. 1912. wfo-0000597669
Cereus speciosissimus (Desf.) Sweet Hort. Brit.: 171. 1826. wfo-0000597687
Cereus superbus Ehrenb. in Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 4: 324. 1846. wfo-0000597723
Disocactus schrankii (Zucc. ex Seitz) Barthlott in Bradleya 9: 87. 1991. wfo-0000652243
Disocactus speciosus f. amecamensis (Heese) Barthlott in Bradleya 9: 87. 1991. wfo-0000652245
Heliocereus speciosissimus (Desf.) Y.Itô Cacti: 146. 1952. wfo-0000718241
Heliocereus superbus (Ehrenb.) A.Berger Kakteen: 131, 341. 1929. wfo-0000718244
Heliocereus luzmariae Scheinvar in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 57: 268. 1985. wfo-0001245164
Heliocereus schrankii subsp. luzmariae (Scheinvar) U.Guzmán in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 17. 2003. wfo-0001286416
Heliocereus schrankii subsp. schrankii wfo-0001286417
Heliocereus elegantissimus var. helenae Scheinvar in Phytologia 49: 317. 1981. wfo-0001286418
Heliocereus schrankii var. helenae (Scheinvar) Kimnach in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 68: 217. 1996. wfo-0001286419
Heliocereus serratus (Weing.) Borg Cacti: 176. 1951. wfo-0001286420
Heliocereus speciosus var. elegantissimus (Britton & Rose) Backeb. Cactaceae 4: 3232. 1960. wfo-0001286421
Heliocereus schrankii subsp. stenopetalus (Bravo ex S.Arias, U.Guzmán & Gama) U.Guzmán in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 17. 2003. wfo-0001286422
Heliocereus schrankii var. stenopetalus (Bravo ex S.Arias, U.Guzmán & Gama) Kimnach in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 68: 217. 1996. wfo-0001286423
Heliocereus speciosus subsp. amecamensis (Heese) U.Guzmán in Cactaceae Syst. Init. 16: 17. 2003. wfo-0001286424
Heliocereus speciosus subsp. speciosus wfo-0001286425
Heliocereus elegantissimus Britton & Rose Cactaceae 2: 127. 1920. wfo-0001288076
Heliocereus schrankii (Zucc. ex Seitz) Britton & Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 434. 1909. wfo-0001288295
Cereus speciosissimus (Desf.) DC. Prodr. 3: 468. 1828. wfo-0001288348
Heliocereus amecamensis (Heese) Britton & Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 433. 1909. wfo-0001289088
Cereus speciosus var. amecamensis (Heese) Weing. in: Berger, A., Kakteen: 131. 1929. wfo-0001289089
Heliocereus speciosus var. amecamensis (Heese) Weing. in: Berger, Kakteen: 131. 1929. wfo-0001289090
Heliocereus coccineus Britton & Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 433. 1909. wfo-0001289938
Heliocereus elegantissimus var. stenopetalum Bravo ex S.Arias, U.Guzmán & Gama in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 37(3): 72. 1992. wfo-0001289973
Heliocereus speciosus var. serratus (Weing.) Backeb. Cactaceae 4: 2121. 1960. wfo-0001289974
Heliocereus speciosus var. superbus (Ehrenb.) Backeb. Cactaceae 4: 2120. 1960. wfo-0001289975
Cereus amecamensis Heese in: Rother, Prakt. Ratgeber Obst-Gartenbau 11: 442. 1896. wfo-0001430318
Heliocereus elegantissimus subsp. helenae (Scheinvar) Doweld in Sukkulenty 4(1-2): 41. 2002. wfo-0001431199
Heliocereus elegantissimus subsp. stenopetalus (Bravo ex S.Arias, U.Guzmán & Gama) Doweld in Sukkulenty 4(1-2): 41. 2002. wfo-0001431200
Heliocereus elegantissimus var. stenopetalus Bravo ex S.Arias, U.Guzmán & Gama in Cact. Suc. Mex. 37: 72. 1992. wfo-0001431201
Heliocereus schrankii subsp. helenae (Scheinvar) Doweld in Sukkulenty 4: 42. 2002. wfo-0001431203
Heliocereus schrankii var. elegantissimus (Britton & Rose) Backeb. Cactaceae 4: 2121. 1960. wfo-0001431204
Heliocereus speciosus subsp. amecamensis (Heese) Doweld in Sukkulenty 4(1-2): 41. 2002. wfo-0001431205
Heliocereus speciosus var. amecamensis (Heese) Bravo in Cact. Suc. Mex. 19: 47. 1974. wfo-0001431206