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Micranthocereus purpureus (Gürke) F.Ritter

This species name was first published in in Kakteen And. Sukk. 19: 157. 1968.

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-0001289766.

Synonyms of Micranthocereus purpureus (Gürke) F.Ritter

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Micranthocereus haematocarpus F.Ritter Kakteen Südamerika 1: 105. 1979. wfo-0000375234
Micranthocereus lehmannianus (Werderm.) F.Ritter in Kakteen And. Sukk. 19: 157. 1968. wfo-0000375235
Micranthocereus ruficeps F.Ritter Kakteen Südamerika 1: 106. 1979. wfo-0000375238
Austrocephalocereus lehmannianus (Werderm.) Backeb. in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 23: 149. 1951. wfo-0000557323
Austrocephalocereus purpureus (Gürke) Backeb. in Cactaceae (Berlin) 1942(2): 53. 1942. wfo-0000557324
Cephalocereus lehmannianus Werderm. in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Sonderbeih. C: t. 46. 1932. wfo-0000594717
Cephalocereus purpureus Gürke in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 18: 86. 1908. wfo-0000594754
Cereus purpureus (Gürke) Luetzelb. in Estud. Bot. Nordéste 3: 111. 1926. wfo-0000597570
Coleocephalocereus lehmannianus (Werderm.) F.H.Brandt in Kakteen Orch. Rundschau 1981(5): 124. 1981. wfo-0000614662