Cereus adscendens Gürke in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 18: 66. 1908
Cereus adscendens in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 18: 66. 1908
is basionym for Eriocereus adscendens, Kakteen: 129. 1929
is basionym for Harrisia adscendens, Cactaceae 2: 155. 1920
Lectotype (designated by Taylor, N. P. & Zappi, D. 2004: 4261): Brazil, Bahia, near Tambury, Oct 1906, Ule 7072 (B, in spirit: B 810006702)