Haageocereus versicolor(Werderm. & Backeb.) Backeb.

WFO wfo-0001287636 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Haageocereus versicolor, photographed by Manuel Roncal
fig. a Manuel Roncal, CC0 1.0 / 2022-03-08 / obs. 182169829
Haageocereus versicolor, photographed by Manuel Roncal
fig. b Manuel Roncal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 182169892
Haageocereus versicolor, photographed by Zac Peterson
fig. c Zac Peterson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 113855441
Haageocereus versicolor, photographed by Zac Peterson
fig. d Zac Peterson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 113855446
Haageocereus versicolor, photographed by Zac Peterson
fig. e Zac Peterson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 113855451
Haageocereus versicolor, photographed by Zac Peterson
fig. f Zac Peterson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 113855423
Haageocereus versicolor, photographed by Zac Peterson
fig. g Zac Peterson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 113855432
Haageocereus versicolor, photographed by Zac Peterson
fig. h Zac Peterson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 113855461

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Native range 1 botanical country

Regions where Haageocereus versicolor is native: Peru Peru
Native distribution of Haageocereus versicolor, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Peru PER SOUTHERN AMERICA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 26 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Binghamia humifusa (Backeb.) Werderm.
  • Binghamia versicolor (Werderm. & Backeb.) J.West
  • Binghamia versicolor var. humifusa W.T.Marshall
  • Binghamia versicolor var. lasiacantha W.T.Marshall
  • Binghamia versicolor var. xanthacantha W.T.Marshall
  • Cereus versicolor Werderm. & Backeb.
  • Cereus versicolor var. humifusus Werderm. & Backeb.
  • Cereus versicolor var. lasiacanthus Werderm. & Backeb.
  • Cereus versicolor var. xanthacanthus Werderm. & Backeb.
  • Haageocereus humifusus (Werderm. & Backeb.) Backeb.
  • Haageocereus icosagonoides Rauh & Backeb.
  • Haageocereus icosagonoides f. heteracanthus F.Ritter
  • Haageocereus pseudoversicolor Rauh & Backeb.
  • Haageocereus versicolor f. aureispinus (Backeb.) Krainz
  • Haageocereus versicolor f. cristatus P.V.Heath
  • Haageocereus versicolor f. fuscus (Backeb.) Krainz
  • Haageocereus versicolor f. lasiacanthus (Backeb.) Krainz
  • Haageocereus versicolor var. aureispinus Backeb.
  • Haageocereus versicolor var. catacanthus Rauh & Backeb.
  • Haageocereus versicolor var. fuscus Backeb.
  • Haageocereus versicolor var. humifusus Backeb.
  • Haageocereus versicolor var. lasiacanthus Backeb.
  • Haageocereus versicolor var. paitanus F.Ritter
  • Haageocereus versicolor var. proliferus Rauh

and 2 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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