Pilosocereus leucocephalus

Pilosocereus leucocephalus

Pilosocereus leucocephalus

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 leucocephalus

Name

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

Synonyms

• 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

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, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

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

Additional references

• 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

• 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. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Pilosocereus leucocephalus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 Apr 2021. Reference page.
• 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

• español: Órgano, cabeza de viejo, pitayón, tuno

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