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Leucostele chiloensis (Colla) Schlumpb.

Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Leucostele

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Leucostele chiloensis: Quisco ( Leucostele chiloensis ) in Chile
Photo: Nutri Gabi Barrera, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (6)
Bulgarian
Чилийски ехинопсис
Chinese
锦鸡龙
Greek
Αχινοειδής κάκτος, Κάκτος του σκαντζόχοιρου
Persian
اکینوپسیس کیلونسیس
Russian
Эхинопсис чилийский, Эхинопсис чилоенсис
Spanish
Quisco

Synonyms

  • Cactus chiloensis Colla ex Steud.
  • Cactus chiloensis Colla
  • Cereus chilensis Pfeiff.
  • Cereus chiloensis (Colla) DC.
  • Cereus chiloensis var. acidus Miers
  • Cereus chiloensis var. breviflorus Hirscht
  • Cereus chiloensis var. brevispinulus Salm-Dyck
  • Cereus chiloensis var. flavescens Salm-Dyck
  • Cereus chiloensis var. fulvibarbis (Otto) Salm-Dyck
  • Cereus chiloensis var. funkianus K.Schum.
  • Cereus chiloensis var. nigripilis Hirscht
  • Cereus chiloensis var. polygonus Salm-Dyck
  • Cereus chiloensis var. poselgeri K.Schum.
  • Cereus chiloensis var. quisco (J.Rémy) F.A.C.Weber ex Hirscht
  • Cereus chiloensis var. spinosior Salm-Dyck ex C.F.Först.
  • Cereus chiloensis var. zizkaanus K.Schum.
  • Cereus coquimbanus DC.
  • Cereus duledevantii Lem.
  • Cereus elegans Lem.
  • Cereus fulvibarbis Otto & A.Dietr.
  • Cereus funkii K.Schum.
  • Cereus gilvus Salm-Dyck
  • Cereus heteromorphus Monv.
  • Cereus linnaei C.F.Först.
  • Cereus quintero Pfeiff.
  • Cereus quisco Gay
  • Cereus quisco J.Rémy ex Gay
  • Cereus subulifer Salm-Dyck
  • Cereus subuliferus Salm-Dyck
  • Echinocereus chiloensis (Colla) Console & Lem.
  • Echinopsis chiloensis (Colla) H.Friedrich & G.D.Rowley
  • Trichocereus chiloensis (Colla) Britton & Rose
  • Trichocereus chiloensis var. borealis F.Ritter
  • Trichocereus funkii A.Berger

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.