Pilosocereus moritzianus

Taxonavigation

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 moritzianus

Name

• Pilosocereus moritzianus (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Byles & G.D.Rowley, 1957

Synonyms

• Cephalocereus backebergii (Weing.) Borg; Cacti, ed. 2, 149 (1951)
• Cephalocereus backebergii (Weing.) Buxb.; Bot. Stud., Heft 12 (Entwickl. Trib. Pachycereae) 101 (1961), comb. superfl.
• Cephalocereus claroviridis (Backeb.) Borg; Cacti, ed. 2, 149 (1951)
• Cephalocereus moritzianus (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae, 2: 41 (1920)
• Cereus backebergii Weing.; Monatsschr. Deutsch. Kakt.-Ges. 2: 167 (1930)
• Cereus claroviridis Backeb.; Neue Kakteen, 69 (1931), Backeb. in Fedde, Repert. 30: 60 (1932)
• Cereus moritzianus Otto ex Pfeiff.; Enum. Diagn. Cact. 84 (1837)
• Pilosocereus backebergii (Weing.) Byles & G.D.Rowley; Cact. & Succ. Journ. Brit. 19: 66 (1957)
• Pilosocereus claroviridis (Backeb.) Byles & G.D.Rowley; Cact. & Succ. Journ. Brit. 19: 66 (1957)
• Pilosocereus lanuginosus subsp. moritzianus (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Guiggi; Cactology 2: 12 (2010)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Northern South America Colombia (Atlantico, Boyaca, La Guajira); Trinidad; Tobago; Venezuela (Caracas, Carabobo, Vargas, Patos Isl.) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Byles, R.S. & Rowley, G.D., 1957: Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 19: 67

Additional references

• (2019). https://www.mapress.com/j/pt/article/view/phytotaxa.411.3.1/28966 epublication.
• Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
• 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

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Pilosocereus moritzianus 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 moritzianus 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 moritzianus. Published online. Accessed: Apr 07 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Pilosocereus moritzianus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Apr 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Pilosocereus moritzianus. 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. 

Vernacular names

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