Cactus hexagonus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 466. 1753.

"Habitat Surinami." RCN: 3573.

Lectotype (Leuenberger in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 111: 153, f. 2. 1989): [icon] " Cereus Sirinamensis " in Trew in Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 3: 393, t. 8. 1733 (see p. 20).

Current name: Cereus hexagonus (L.) Mill. ( Cactaceae).