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Oreocereus leucotrichus (Phil.) Wagenkn.

This species name was first published in in Anales Acad. Chilena Ci. Nat. no. 20: 102. 1956.

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-0001288020.

Synonyms of Oreocereus leucotrichus (Phil.) Wagenkn.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Arequipa leucotricha (Phil.) Britton & Rose Cactaceae 3: 101. 1922. wfo-0000546906
Arequipa variicolor (Backeb.) Backeb. in Cactus (Paris) 37: 217. 1953. wfo-0000546914
Borzicactus leucotrichus (Phil.) Kimnach in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 32: 93. 1960. wfo-0000569426
Echinocactus leucotrichus Phil. in Anales Mus. Nac. Santiago de Chile 1: 27. 1891. wfo-0000660617
Oreocereus hendriksenianus var. densilanatus Rauh & Backeb. in Sitzungsber. Heidelberger Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl.: 330. 1958. wfo-0001287583
Oreocereus hendriksenianus var. spinosissimus Rauh & Backeb. in Sitzungsber. Heidelberger Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl.: 331. 1958. wfo-0001287584
Oreocereus knizei Hewitt & Donald in Ashingtonia 2(1): cppo 4. 1975. wfo-0001288007
Echinopsis leucotricha (Phil.) Anceschi & Magli in Cactusinhabitat S. Amer. 2011/2013: 38. 2013. wfo-0001430820
Morawetzia variicolor Kníže in Biota 7: 254. 1969. wfo-0001432566
Oreocereus hendriksenianus f. densilanatus (Rauh & Backeb.) Krainz Kakteen 23: C Vb. 1963. wfo-0001433402
Oreocereus hendriksenianus f. spinosissimus (Rauh & Backeb.) Krainz Kakteen 23: C Vb. 1963. wfo-0001433403
Oreocereus variicolor Backeb. in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 23: 20. 1951. wfo-0001433407
Oreocereus variicolor var. tacnaensis Backeb. Cactaceae 6: 3696. 1962. wfo-0001433408