Species: ~ 28.
Geography: southern USA, Mexico, Caribbean, northern South America.
- Selenicereus anthonyanus (Alexander) D. R. Hunt 1989, Queen of the night, reina della noche, Königin der Nacht (eastern Mexico, Caribbean)
= Cryptocereus anthonyanus Alexander 1950
- Selenicereus atropilosus Kimnach 1978 (Chiapas, Mexico)
- Selenicereus boeckmannii (Otto) Britton & Rose 1909 (Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, Hispaniola)
= Cereus boeckmannii Otto 1850
= Cereus vaupelii Weingart 1912
= Selenicereus vaupelii (Weingart) A. Berger 1929
- Selenicereus brevispinus Britton & Rose 1920 (Cuba)
- Selenicereus chontalensis (Alexander) Kimnach 1991 (Oaxaca, Mexico)
= Nyctocereus chontalensis Alexander 1950
- Selenicereus chrysocardium (Alexander) Kimnach 1991 (Oaxaca, Mexico)
= Epiphyllum chrysocardium Alexander 1950
= Marniera chrysocardium (Alexander) Backeberg 1959
= Chiapasophyllum chrysocardium (Alexander) Dowell 2002
- Selenicereus coniflorus (Weingart) Britton & Rose 1909 (Veracruz, Mexico)
= Cereus coniflorus Weingart 1904
= Selenicereus pringlei (Weingart) Rose 1909
- Selenicereus donkelaari (Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose ex L. H. Bailey 1909 (Yucatán, Mexico)
= Cereus donkelaari Salm-Dyck 1845
- Selenicereus grandiflorus (Linnaeus) Britton et Rose 1909, Queen of the night, reina della noche, Königin der Nacht (eastern Mexico, Caribbean)
= Cactus grandiflorus Linnaeus 1753
= Cereus grandiflorus (Linnaeus) P. Miller 1768
= Cereus knuthianus Otto ex Salm-Dyck 1850
= Selenicereus knuthianus (Otto ex Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose 1909
= Selenicereus hallensis Weingart ex Borg 1937
- Selenicereus hamatus (Scheidweiler) Britton & Rose 1909 (Mexico, Gulf of Mexico)
= Cereus hamatus Scheidweiler 1837
- Selenicereus hondurensis (K. Schumann) Britton & Rose 1909 (Honduras, Guatemala)
= Cereus hondurensis K. Schumann 1904
- Selenicereus inermis (Otto) Britton & Rose 1920 (Venezuela, Colombia)
= Cereus inermis Otto 1937
= Epiphyllum steyermarkii Croizat 1974
- Selenicereus innensii Kimnach 1982 (Lesser Antilles)
- Selenicereus macdonaldiae (W. J. Hooker) Britton & Rose 1909 (Honduras, Uruguay)
= Cereus macdonaldiae W. J. Hooker 1853
= Cereus rothii Weingart 1922
= Selenicereus rothii (Weingart) A. Berger 1929
- Selenicereus megalanthus (K. Schumann ex Vaupel) Moran 1953 (Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia)
= Cereus megalanthus K. Schumann ex Vaupel 1913
= Mediocactus megalanthus (K. Schumann ex Vaupel) Britton & Rose 1920
- Selenicereus murrillii Britton & Rose 1920 (Colima, Mexico)
- Selenicereus nelsonii (Weingart) Britton & Rose 1923 (southern Mexico)
= Cereus nelsonii Weingart 1823
- Selenicereus pteranthus (Link & Otto) Britton & Rose 1909 (Mexico, ? Central America)
= Cereus pteranthus Link & Otto 1834
= Cereus nycticalus Link 1834
= Selenicereus nycticalus (Link) W. T. Marshall 1941
- Selenicereus rubineus Kimnach 1993 (Oaxaca, Mexico)
- Selenicereus setaceus (A. P. de Candolle) Werdermann 1840 (Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina)
= Cereus setaceus A. P. de Candolle 1828
= Mediocactus setaceus (A. P. de Candolle) Borg 1951
= Selenicereus coccineus Salm-Dyck ex A. P. de Candolle 1828
= Mediocactus coccineus (Salm-Dyck ex A. P. de Candolle) Britton & Rose 1951
= (?) Cereus extensus Salm-Dyck ex A. P. de Candolle 1828
= Cereus lindbergianus F. A. C. Weber ex K. Schumann 1897
= Cereus lindmannii F. A. C. Weber ex K. Schumann 1898
= Mediocactus lindmannii (F. A. C. Weber ex K. Schumann) Backeberg 1959
= Cereus hassleri K. Schumann 1900
= Mediocactus hassleri (K. Schumann) Backeberg 1959
= Selenicereus rizzinii Scheinvar 1974
- Selenicereus spinulosus (A. P. de Candolle) Britton & Rose 1909 (southeast Texas, Mexico)
= Cereus spinulosus A. P. de Candolle 1828
= Selenicereus pseudospinulosus Weingart 1931
- Selenicereus testudo (Karwinsky ex Zuccarini) Buxbaum 1965 (Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia)
= Cereus testudo Karwinsky ex Zuccarini 1837
= Deamia testudo (Karwinsky ex Zuccarini) Britton & Rose 1920
= Deamia diabolica Clover 1938
- Selenicereus tricae D. R. Hunt 1989 (Chiapas, Mexico, Belize)
- Selenicereus urbanianus (Gürke & Weingart) Britton & Rose 1913 (Cuba, Hispaniola)
= Cereus urbanianus Gürke & Weingart 1904
= Selenicereus maxonii Rose 1909
- Selenicereus vagans (K. Brandegee) Britton & Rose 1920 (Sinola, Mexico)
= Cereus vagans K. Brandegee 1904
- Selenicereus validus S. Arias & U. Guzmán 1995 (Michoacán, Mexico)
- Selenicereus wercklei (F. A. C. Weber) Britton & Rose 1920 (Costa Rica)
= Cereus wercklei F. A. C. Weber 1902
- Selenicereus wittii (K. Schumann) G. D. Rowley 1986 (Amazon, Brazil)
= Cereus wittii K. Schumann 1900
= Strophocactus wittii (K. Schumann) Britton & Rose 1913
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