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M Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Cereus (family Cactaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on ) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Gard. Dict. ed. 8 1 1768.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:130283-1.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied
Acanthocereus thalassinus (Otto & A.Dietr.) Borg Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cactus hexagonus L. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cactus octogonus Page ex Steud. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cactus peruvianus DC. Misapplied M WCSP (in review)
Cactus regalis Spreng. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cephalocereus perlucens (K.Schum.) Borg Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cereus horridus Otto ex Pfeiff. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cereus horridus var. alatosquamatus Werderm. Synonym L WCSP (in review)
Cereus karstenii Salm-Dyck Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cereus lepidotus Salm-Dyck Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cereus longiflorus Alexander Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cereus perlucens K.Schum. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cereus regalis Haw. ex Spreng. [Invalid] Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cereus thalassinus Otto & A.Dietr. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cereus thalassinus var. quadrangularis C.F.Först. Synonym L WCSP (in review)
Pilocereus perlucens (K.Schum.) Werderm. Unresolved L WCSP (in review)
Pilosocereus perlucens (K. Schum.) Byles & G.D. Rowley Synonym M TRO

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Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-2711937.

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