Cephalocereus polylophus

Cephalocereus polylophus

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: Cephalocereus polylophus

Name

Cephalocereus polylophus (DC.) Britton & Rose, 1909

Synonyms

• Cereus polylophus DC. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 115. 1828 syn. sec. Tapia & al. 2017
• Pilocereus polylophus (DC.) Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck., ed. 1844: 24. 1845 syn. sec. Tapia & al. 2017
• Neobuxbaumia polylopha (DC.) Backeb. in Beitr. Sukkulentenk. Sukkulentenpflege 1941: 3. 1941 syn. sec. Tapia & al. 2017
• Carnegiea polylopha (DC.) D.R.Hunt in Bradleya 6: 100. 1988 syn. sec. Tapia & al. 2017
• Carnegiea polylopha (DC.) P.V.Heath in Calyx 2: 108. 1992 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cereus angulosus Stieber ex K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 175. 1897 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
  • Cereus nickelsii Gürke in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 20: 27. 1910 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico (Guanajuato to Veracruz). 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: Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 419.

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 polylophus 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 polylophus 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 polylophus. Published online. Accessed: Dec 08 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Cephalocereus polylophus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Dec 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Cephalocereus polylophus. 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

For more multimedia, look at Cephalocereus polylophus on Wikimedia Commons.