Curt Backeberg 1956
"Descriptiones Cactarearum Novarum" page 20.
Veb Gustav Fischer Verlag - Jena
page 20
Trichocereus skottsbergii v. oreviatus Backbg. n. v.
Latin Diagnosis:
Differt a typo aculeis brevioribus centralibus, ad 6 cm longis, floribus brevioribus ad 8 cm longis. — Chile (Prov. Goquimbo, Frai Jorge).