Cephalocereus apicicephalium
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Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales |
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Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Echinocereeae
Genus: Cephalocereus
Species: Cephalocereus apicicephalium
Name
[edit]Cephalocereus apicicephalium E.Y.Dawson, Allan Hancock Found. Publ. Occas. Pap. no. 1: 10, fig. 8, 9, 11-13. (1948)
Synonyms
[edit]- Homotypic
- Neodawsonia apicicephalium (E.Y.Dawson) Backeb. in Blätt. Sukkulentenk. 1: 4. (1949)
- Heterotypic
- Cephalocereus nizandensis (Bravo & T.MacDoug.) Buxb., Kakteen And. Sukk. 16: 45. (1965)
- Cephalocereus totolapensis (Bravo & T.MacDoug.) Buxb., Kakteen And. Sukk. 16: 45 (1965), not validly publ.
- Neodawsonia guengolensis Bravo, Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. Mexico 27: 12. (1956)
- Neodawsonia nana Bravo, Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. Mexico 27: 15. (1956)
- Neodawsonia apicicephalium subsp. totolapensis Guiggi, Cactology 5 (Suppl. 11): 2. (2020) nom. inval.
Note: The synonymy of the two Cephalocereus species above is not universally accepted.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Dawson, E.Y. 1948. Allan Hancock Foundation. Publications. Occasional papers. no. 1: 10, fig. 8, 9, 11-13.
Additional references
[edit]- Tapia, H.J., Bárcenas-Argüello, M.L., Terrazas, T. & Arias, S. 2017. Phylogeny and circumscription of Cephalocereus (Cactaceae) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Systematic Botany 42(4): 709-723. DOI: 10.1600/036364417X696546
ResearchGate Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Cephalocereus apicicephalium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 June 15. Reference page.
- Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Cephalocereus apicicephalium in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov. 15. Reference page.
- International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cephalocereus apicicephalium. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 15 2021. Reference page.