Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Cleistocactus samaipatanus group

• Bolivicereus samaipatanus var. multiflorus Cárdenas: has a hairier flower tube and narrower "petals".
• Borzicactus samaipatanus var. divi-miseratus (Cárdenas) Krainz: has slightly stouter and more erect stems, dark-greyish, bristly, breakable spines and slightly longer flowers up to 6 cm long. Distribution: Chiquitos (near the Cerro San Miserato) Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
• Cleistocactus roseiflorus (Buining) G.D.Rowley: has pink coloured flowers. Its current status is uncertain and some consider it a form of Cleistocactus icosagonus which is a very variable species or even an hybrid.
• Cleistocactus saimapatanus cv. Otto Schultz: Is a more robust and hybrid form covered with short golden spines. The flowers are a lovely lilac pink, and are some of the best hybrid cactus flowers. They come in flushes in late spring to early summer.
• Cleistocactus samaipatanus (Cárdenas) D.R.Hunt: Stems green a at first erect then decumbent with about 14-16 ribs. It has bright red tubular and recurved flowers with purple anthers.
• Cleistocactus samaipatanus f. cristatus: Crested form.