⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-2711531, and has not been changed.

Cereus aethiops var. melanacanthus (K.Schum.) Backeb. is a synonym of Cereus aethiops Haw.

This name is a synonym of Cereus aethiops Haw..

The record derives from WCSP (in review) which reports it as a synonym with original publication details: Cactac.: Handb. Kakteenk. 4: 2333 1960.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:52766-2.