Cephalocereus

Cephalocereus senilis

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: Echinocereeae
Genus: Cephalocereus
Species: C. apicicephalium – C. columna-trajani – C. euphorbioides – C. fulviceps – C. macrocephalus – C. mezcalaensis – C. multiareolatus – C. nizandensis – C. nudus – C. parvispinus – C. polylophus – C. sanchez-mejoradae – C. scoparius – C. senilis – C. tetetzo – C. totolapensis

Name

Cephalocereus Pfeiff. (1838)

• Type species: Cephalocereus senilis (Haw.) Pfeiff. (1838)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Pilocereus Lem., Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 6-7. (1839) nom. illeg.
    • Type: Cephalocereus senilis (Haw.) Pfeiff.
    • Type: Pilocereus senilis (Haw.) Lem.
  • Cephalophorus Lem., Cact. Aliq. Nov.: 7. (1838) nom. illeg.
  • Cephalocereus subg. Mitrocereus Backeb. in Blätt. Kakteenf. 1938(6): 17. (1938)
  • Mitrocereus (Backeb.) Backeb. in Cactaceae (Berlin) 1941(2): 77. (1942)
    • Type: Mitrocereus chrysomallus (Lem.) Backeb.
  • Neobuxbaumia Backeb. in Blätt. Kakteenf. 1938(6): 17, 8, 12, 24. (1938)
    • Type: Neobuxbaumia tetetzo (F.A.C.Weber ex J.M.Coult.) Backeb.
  • Haseltonia Backeb. in Blätt. Sukkulentenk. 1: 3. (1949)
    • Type: Haseltonia hoppenstedtii (F.A.C.Weber) Backeb.
  • Neodawsonia Backeb. in Blätt. Sukkulentenk. 1: 4. (1949)
    • Type: Neodawsonia apicicephalium (E.Y.Dawson) Backeb.
  • Carnegiea subg. Rooksbya Backeb. in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 22(5): 154. (1950)
  • Rooksbya (Backeb.) Backeb., Cactaceae 4: 2165. (1960)
    • Type: Rooksbya euphorbioides (Haw.) Backeb.
  • Pseudomitrocereus Bravo & Buxb. in Bot. Stud. 12: 53. (1961)
    • Type: Pseudomitrocereus fulviceps (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) Bravo & Buxb.

References

• Pfeiffer, L.K.G. in Otto & Dietrich 1838. Allg. Gartenzeitung 6: 142.

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. 

Links

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Cephalocereus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 08. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Cephalocereus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 08. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Cephalocereus. Published online. Accessed: Dec 08 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Cephalocereus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Dec 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Cephalocereus. 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 Dec 08. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

suomi: Vaarinkaktukset
polski: Cefalocereus
svenska: Gubbhuvudssläktet

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