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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 2012-03-23 ) 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		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cactus hexagonus L.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cactus octogonus Page ex Steud.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cactus peruvianus DC.	Misapplied		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cactus regalis Spreng.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cephalocereus perlucens (K.Schum.) Borg	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cereus horridus Otto ex Pfeiff.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cereus horridus var. alatosquamatus Werderm.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cereus karstenii Salm-Dyck	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cereus lepidotus Salm-Dyck	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cereus longiflorus Alexander	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cereus perlucens K.Schum.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cereus regalis Haw. ex Spreng. [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cereus thalassinus Otto & A.Dietr.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cereus thalassinus var. quadrangularis C.F.Först.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Pilocereus perlucens (K.Schum.) Werderm.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Pilosocereus perlucens (K. Schum.) Byles & G.D. Rowley	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18

Earlier versions

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

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