⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-2652156, and has not been changed.
This name is a synonym of Armatocereus godingianus subsp. brevispinus .
The record derives from WCSP (in review) which reports it as a synonym with original publication details: in Fl. Ecuador 35(45): 9 1989.
Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:325142-2
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