Pilosocereus leucocephalus

Taxonavigation[edit]

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cereeae
Subtribus: Cereinae
Genus: Pilosocereus
Species: Pilosocereus leucocephalus

Name[edit]

Pilosocereus leucocephalus (Poselg.) Byles & G.D.Rowley, Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 19: 67 (1957).

Synonyms[edit]

Pilocereus leucocephalus Poselg. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 21(12): 126. 1853 syn. sec. Zappi 1994
Cephalocereus leucocephalus (Poselg.) Britton & Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 417. 1909 syn. sec. Zappi 1994
- Cereus cometes Scheidw. in Allg. Gartenzeitung 8: 339. 1840 syn. sec. Zappi 1994
Pilocereus cometes (Scheidw.) Mittler ex C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 357. 1846 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Cephalocereus cometes (Scheidw.) Britton & Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 416. 1909 syn. sec. Zappi 1994
Pilosocereus cometes (Scheidw.) Byles & G.D.Rowley in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 19(3): 66. 1957 syn. sec. Zappi 1994
- Cereus jubatus Salm-Dyck ex C.F.Först., Handb. Cacteenk.: 357. 1846 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Pilocereus jubatus Salm-Dyck in Förster, Handb. Cacteenk.: 356. 1846 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Cereus flavicomus Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1849: 202. 1850 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Pilocereus flavicomus Salm-Dyck ex Rümpler, Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2: 658. 1885 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Pilocereus foersteri Lem. in Ill. Hort. 13(Misc.): 472. 1866 syn. sec. Gürke 1910
- Pilocereus marschalleckianus var. picta Zeiss. in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 8: 35. 1898 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Cereus houlletii Lem. in Gard. Chron., ser 3 32: 252. 1902 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Cereus houlletii (Lem.) A.Berger in Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 16: 70. 1905 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Cephalocereus maxonii Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 417. 1909 syn. sec. Zappi 1994
Cereus maxonii (Rose) Vaupel in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 23: 23. 1913 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Pilocereus maxonii (Rose) A.Berger, Kakteen: 157. 1929 syn. sec. Zappi 1994
Pilocereus maxonii (Rose) F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 232. 1936 ["1935"] syn. sec. Korotkova 2021
Pilosocereus maxonii (Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 19: 67. 1957 syn. sec. Zappi 1994
- Cephalocereus palmeri Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 418. 1909 syn. sec. Zappi 1994
Pilocereus palmeri (Rose) F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 323. 1936 ["1935"] syn. sec. Zappi 1994
Pilosocereus palmeri (Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 19(3): 67. 1957 syn. sec. Zappi 1994
Cephalophorus palmeri (Rose) Boom in Succulenta (Netherlands) 46: 107. 1967 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
Pilosocereus leucocephalus subsp. palmeri (Rose) Scheinvar, Fl. Cactológ. Est. Querétaro: 192, 191. 2004 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Cephalocereus sartorianus Rose in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 419. 1909 syn. sec. ???
Cereus sartorianus (Rose) Kupper ex A.Berger, Kakteen: 157. 1929 syn. sec. ???
Pilocereus sartorianus (Rose) A.Berger, Kakteen: 157, 419. 1929 syn. sec. ???
Pilosocereus sartorianus (Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 19(3): 69. 1957 syn. sec. Hunt 2016
Cephalocereus palmeri var. sartorianus (Rose) Krainz, Städtische Sukkulentensammlung Zürich, Kat. Kult. Stehenden Art., ed. 2: 41. 1967 syn. sec. ???
Pilosocereus palmeri var. sartorianus (Rose) Lodé, Fichier Encycl. Cact. Autres Succ. 19: 1776. 1997 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Cereus victoriensis Vaupel in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 23: 24. 1913 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Pilosocereus palmeri var. victoriensis (Vaupel) Backeb., Kakteenlex.: 367. 1966, nom. inval., syn. sec. Zappi 1994
- Cephalocereus leucocephalus var. actopanensis Rol.-Goss. ex Bois in Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 32: 403. 1926 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Pilocereus tehuacanus Weing. in Z. Sukkulentenk. 3: 58. 1927 syn. sec. Zappi 1994
Cereus tehuacanus (Weing.) Werderm. in Backeberg, Neue Kakteen: 71. 1931 syn. sec. Zappi 1994
Cephalocereus tehuacanus (Weing.) Borg, Cacti, ed. 2: 150. 1951 syn. sec. Zappi 1994
Pilosocereus tehuacanus (Weing.) Byles & G.D.Rowley in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 19: 69. 1957 syn. sec. Zappi 1994
- Cephalocereus leucocephalus f. cristatus P.V.Heath in Calyx 2: 110. 1992 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Cephalocereus palmeri f. cristatus P.V.Heath in Calyx 2: 110. 1992 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Cereus foersteri Sencke, Cat. 1861, nom. nud., syn. sec. Gürke 19101

Distribution[edit]

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Central America Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

Byles, R.S. & Rowley, G.D. 1957. Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain. London 19: 67.

Additional references[edit]

Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page.
Véliz, M. (2008). Las Cactáceas de Guatemala: 1-129. Unidad de Investigación Herbario BIGU, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.
Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page.

Links[edit]

Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Pilosocereus leucocephalus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 02. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Pilosocereus leucocephalus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 07. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Pilosocereus leucocephalus. Published online. Accessed: Apr 07 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Pilosocereus leucocephalus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Apr 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Pilosocereus leucocephalus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 07. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Pilosocereus leucocephalus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names[edit]

español: Órgano, cabeza de viejo, pitayón, tuno

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