Synonyms
Cereus superbus Ehrenberg - Bot. Zeitschr. 4:324 (1846)
Cereus coccineus Engelm - Pl. Fendler. 51 (1849)
Cereus lateritius SD - Cact. Hort. Dyck. ed. 1849:53 (1850)
Cereus speciosus (Cav)KSch non Sweet 1826- Engler & Prant: Pflanzenfam. 36a:179 (1894)
Cereus amecamensis Heese - in Rother: Prakt. Ratgeber Obst-Gartenbau 11:442 (1896)
Cereus speciosus var coccineus KSch - Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 154 (1897)
Cereus lindbergianus Web - in: Schumann, Gesamtb. Kakt. 151 (1897)
Cereus amecamensis Heese - Gartenwelt 1:317 (1897)
Heliocereus coccineus Br& R - Contr. US Nat. Herb. 12:433 (1909)
Heliocereus amecamensis (Heese)Br&R - Contr. US Nat. Herb. 12:433 (1909)
Heliocereus schrankii (Zucc)Br&R - Contr. US Nat. Herb. 12:434 (1909)
Heliocereus speciosus (Cav)Br&R - Contr. US Nat. Herb. 12:434 (1909)
Cereus serratus Wgt - Monatschr. Kakteenk. 185 (1912)
Cereus ruber Wgt - Monatschr. Kakt. 15:22 (1905)
Heliocereus elegantissimus Br&R - Cact. 2:127' (1920) nom. illeg.
Heliocereus speciosus var amecamensis (Heese)Weing - in: Berger, Kakteen 131 (1929)
Cereus speciosus amecamensis (Heese)Weing - in Berger: Kakteen 131 (1929)
Cereus elegantissimus Berg - Kakteen 131 (1929) nom. illeg.
Heliocereus superbus (Ehrenberg)Berger - Kakteen 131, 341 (1929)
Heliocereus serratus (Wgt)Borg - Cacti 176 (1951)
Heliocereus speciosissimus (DC)Ito - Cacti 146 (1952)
Heliocereus speciosus superbus (Ehrenberg)Backbg - Backeberg 4:2120 (1960)
Heliocereus speciosus elegantissimus (Br&R)Backbg - Backeberg 4:2121 (1960)
Heliocereus schrankii var elegantissimus (Br& R) Backbg - Backeberg 4:2121 (1960)
Heliocereus speciosus serratus (Wgt)Backbg - Cactaceae 4:2121 (1960)
Heliocereus elegantissimus stenopetalum Bravo nom. inval. - CSJ(USA) 38:3" (1966)
Heliocereus speciosus amecamensis (Heese)Bravo - CSMex 19:47 (1974), CSMex 19:47 (1974)
Heliocereus elegantissimus helenae Scheinvar - Phytologia 49(4):317 (1981)
Heliocereus luzmariae Scheinvar - CSJ(USA) 57(6):268" (1985)
Disocactus speciosus f amecamensis (Heese)Barth - Bradleya 9:87 (1991)
Disocactus schrankii (Zucc)Barth - Bradleya 9:87 (1991)
Heliocereus elegantissimus var stenopetalus Bravo ex Arias - CSMex) 37(3):72 (1992)
Heliocereus schrankii var stenopetalus - (Bravo ex Arias)Kimn - CSJ(USA) 68:217 (1996)
Heliocereus schrankii var helenae (Scheinvar)Kimn - CSJ(USA) 68:217 (1996)
Disocactus speciosus ssp amecamensis (Heese)Doweld - Sukkulenty 4(1-2):41 (2002)
Heliocereus elegantissimus ssp stenopetalus (Bravo ex Arias)Doweld - Sukkulenty 4(1-2):41 (2002)
Heliocereus elegantissimus ssp helenae (Scheinvar)Dow - Sukkulenty 4(1-2):41 (2002)
Heliocereeus schrankii ssp helenae (Scheinvar)Dow - Sukkulenty 4(1-2):42 (2002)
Heliocereus schrankii ssp luzmariae (Scheinvar) Guzmán - Cact. Syst. Init. 16:17 (2003)
Heliocereus speciosus ssp amecamensis (Heese)Guzmán - Cact. Syst. Init. 16:17 (2003)
Heliocereus schrankii ssp stenopetalus (Bravo)Guzmán - Cact. Syst. Init. 16:17 (2003)
Literature
Backeberg 4:2119, 2120"
Backeberg 4:2121 (Heliocereus schrankii)
Ash. 2-3:41"; 1-4:37
Ash. 1-4:37" (Heliocereus speciosus superbus)
Bravo 1:424", 425", 427", 428"
Bravo 1:422, 424 (Heliocereus elegantissimus stenopetalum)
Bravo 1:422", 425" (Heliocereus elegantissimus)
Bravo 1:425", 426, 427, 429" (Heliocereus speciosus amecamensis)
Bravo 1:426 (Heliocereus speciosus serratus)
Bravo 1:426, 427 (Heliocereus speciosus superbus)
Bravo 1:434 (Heliocereus schrankii)
RPS 17 (Heliocereus elegantissimus stenopetalum)
KuaS 48(1):6" (Heliocereus elegantissimus stenopetalum)
KuaS 49(8):178" (Heliocereus elegantissimus)
Bradleya 7:92 (Heliocereus elegantissimus)
NCL 79"
Cact. Syst. Init. 17:3, 13 (2003)
Succulenta 82(1):36"; 88(4):147"
Succulenta 89(1):43" (Heliocereus speciosus amecamensis)
EPIG 8(3):95; 60:5-12, 18-32"; 60:5-64"|; 72:5-7