Taxon:  Cereus eriophorus Pfeiff. var. fragrans (Small ex Britton & Rose) L. D. Benson



Summary
Genus:
Cereus
Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Tribe:
Cereeae
Nomen number:
318596
Place of publication:
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 41:126.  1969
Verified:
07/07/1993 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Conservation Status
FWE – Federally Endangered Species
Reference(s)
  1. Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family Note: lists as Cereus eriophorus var. fragrans (Small) L. D. Benson
  2. Benson, L. 1982. The cacti of the United States and Canada 934.
  3. Rae, J. G. 1995. Aspects of the population and reproductive ecology of the endangered prickly-apple cactus (Cereus eriophorus var. fragrans) (Small) L. Benson. Castanea 60:255-269.
  4. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Species Information: threatened and endangered animals and plants (on-line resource).
  5. Wunderlin, R. P. 1982. Guide to the vascular plants of central Florida
Common names
Distribution

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=318596. Accessed 13 May 2026.