Lophocereus

Lophocereus marginatus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Echinocereeae
Genus: Lophocereus
Species: L. gatesii – L. marginatus – L. schottii

Name

Lophocereus (A.Berger) Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 426 (1909).

• Type species: Lophocereus schottii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 427 (1909).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cereus subg. Lophocereus A.Berger, Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 16(1): 62 (1905).
• Homotypic
  • Pachycereus sect. Lophocereus (A.Berger) P.V.Heath, Calyx 2(3): 106 (1992).
• Heterotypic
  • Marginatocereus Backeb., Cactaceae 1941(2): 49, 77 (1942).
    • Type species: Marginatocereus marginatus (DC.) Backeb., Cactaceae (Berlin) 1941(2): 49 (1942).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Western Central USA Arizona Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest Introduced into: Cambodia, Canary Is., Spain References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1909, Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 12: 426.

Additional references

• 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. 
• Heath, P.V. (1992) Calyx 2 (3): 106.

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Lophocereus. Accessed: 2025 July 25.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Lophocereus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 December 18. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. Lophocereus. 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 December 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Lophocereus. Published online. Accessed: 18 December 2021. Reference page.
• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Lophocereus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 December 18. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2021. Lophocereus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 December 2021. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• English: Senita cactus
• español: Cabeza de viejo
• 中文: 神阁柱属

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