Lophocereus marginatus

Lophocereus marginatus, Barcelona, Spain.

Lophocereus marginatus, detail

Lophocereus marginatus fruits, Oasis Wildlife Fuerteventura, La Lajita, Pájara, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain.

Lophocereus marginatus flowers

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: Lophocereus marginatus

Name

Lophocereus marginatus (DC.) S.Arias & Terrazas, Syst. Bot. 34(1): 82 (2009).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Cereus marginatus DC., Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 116 (1828).
• Homotypic
  • Cereus marginatus Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck. 340 (1834), isonym.
  • Pachycereus marginatus (DC.) Britton & Rose, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12(10): 421 (1909).
  • Lemaireocereus marginatus (DC.) A.Berger, Kakteen (Berger) 165, 341 (1929).
  • Marginatocereus marginatus (DC.) Backeb., Cactaceae (Berlin) 1941(2): 49 (1942).
  • Stenocereus marginatus (DC.) A.Berger & Buxb., Bot. Stud. Heft 12 (Entwickl. Trib. Pachycereae) 100 (1961).
• Heterotypic
  • Cereus gemmatus Zucc. ex Otto, Allg. Gartenzeitung 3: 60 (1835).
    • Echinopsis gemmata (Zucc. ex Otto) K.Schum. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 4(2): 231 (1890).
    • Lemaireocereus marginatus var. gemmatus (Zucc. ex Otto) W.T.Marshall in W.T.Marshall & T.M.Bock, Cactaceae Ill. Keys: 81 (1941).
    • Stenocereus marginatus var. gemmatus (Zucc. ex Otto) Bravo, Cact. Suc. Mex. 19: 47 (1974).
    • Pachycereus marginatus var. gemmatus (Zucc. ex Otto) P.V.Heath, Calyx 2(3): 106 (1992).
  • Cereus geminatus Otto ex Pfeiff., Allg. Gartenzeitung 3: 314 (1835) nom. illeg.
  • Cereus gemmatus Zucc. ex Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact. 96 (1837), isonym.
  • Cereus incrustatus Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact. 97 (1837).
    • Lemaireocereus marginatus var. incrustatus (Pfeiff.) W.T.Marshall in W.T.Marshall & T.M.Bock, Cactaceae Ill. Keys: 81 (1941).
  • Cereus cupulatus Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 97 (1837).
  • Cereus mirbelii Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 97 (1837).
  • Cereus incrustatus J.Forbes, J. Hort. Tour Germany, 154 (1837), isonym.
  • Cereus incrustans Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 334 (1840), orth. var.
  • Cereus marginatus var. cristatus Benth., Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 4: 194 (1894).
    • Pachycereus marginatus f. cristata hort.
    • Lemaireocereus marginatus f. cristata hort.
    • Stenocereus marginatus f. cristata hort.
  • Cereus marginatus var. monstrosus A.DC., Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 19: 62 (1909).
  • Cereus marginatus f. gibbosus J.A.Purpus, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 23: 148 (-149) (1913).
    • Pachycereus marginatus f. gibbosus (J.A.Purpus) P.V.Heath, Calyx 2(3): 106 (1992).
  • Marginatocereus marginatus var. oaxacensis Backeb., Descr. Cact. Nov. 3: 8 (1963).
    • Pachycereus marginatus var. oaxacensis (Backeb.) P.V.Heath, Calyx 2(3): 107 (1992).

Distribution

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

References

Primary references

• Arias, S. & Terrazas, T. 2009. Taxonomic revision of Pachycereus (Cactaceae). Systematic Botany 34(1): 68–83. DOI: 10.1600/036364409787602384 JSTOR Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hunt, D. 2016. CITES Cactaceae Checklist, ed. 3: 1–174. PDF. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Serapio, J., Laguna, E., Gómez-Bellver, C., Domínguez, L.A., Verloove, F. & Sáez, L. 2023. Contribution to the alien flora of the Balearic Islands. Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d’Història Natural 87(1-4): 11-28. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2025. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Lophocereus marginatus. Accessed: 2025 July 27. Not updated still as Marginatocereus marginatus.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Lophocereus marginatus 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 marginatus. 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.  Not updated still as Marginatocereus marginatus, also follows World Plants as its source.
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Lophocereus marginatus. Accessed: 27 July 2025. Reference page.  Not updated still as Marginatocereus marginatus.
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Lophocereus marginatus. Published online. Accessed: 18 December 2021. Reference page.
• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Lophocereus marginatus 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 marginatus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 December 2021. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Lophocereus marginatus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-October-06. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Mexican fence-post cactus, organ cactus, organ-pipe cactus
• español: Cactus órgano, chilayo, jarritos
• 한국어: 멕시코울타리선인장
• Nāhuatl: Teonochtli
• svenska: Kantpelarkaktus
• 中文: 白云阁

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