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: Cephalocereus senilis

Name

Cephalocereus senilis (Haw.) Pfeiff., 1838

Synonyms

Cactus senilis Haw. in Philos. Mag. J. 63: 41. 1824 syn. sec. Tapia & al. 2017
Cereus senilis (Haw.) DC., Prodr. 3: 464. 1828 syn. sec. Tapia & al. 2017
Cephalophorus senilis (Haw.) Lem., Cact. aliq. nov.: 7. 1838 syn. sec. Tapia & al. 2017
Echinocactus senilis (Haw.) Beaton in Gard. Mag. & Reg. Rural Domest. Improv. 15: 550. 1839 syn. sec. Tapia & al. 2017
Pilocereus senilis (Haw.) Lem., Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 7. 1839 syn. sec. Tapia & al. 2017
Cephalocereus senilis (Haw.) K.Schum. in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(6a): 181. 1894 syn. sec. Tapia & al. 2017
Euporteria senilis (Phil.) Kreuz. & Buining in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 50: 201. 1941 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Cactus bradypus Lehm., Ind. Sem. Hort. Hamburg.: 17. 1826 syn. sec. Tapia & al. 2017
Cereus bradypus (Lehm.) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 333. 1840 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
- Echinocactus staplesiae Tate in Gard. Mag. & Reg. Rural Domest. Improv. 16: 27. 1840 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
- Melocactus bradypus Lehm. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2(2-5): 122. 1841 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1920
- Pilocereus senilis var. cristatus Mathsson syn. sec. Tropicos

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico NE. Mexico (to Veracruz). References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Pfeiffer, L.K.G., 1838. Allgemeine 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 senilis 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 senilis 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 senilis. Published online. Accessed: Dec 08 2021.
Tropicos.org 2021. Cephalocereus senilis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Dec 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Cephalocereus senilis. 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.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Cephalocereus senilis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Greisenhaupt
English: Old Man Cactus
español: Cacto Viejito
suomi: Vaarinkaktus
français: Tête de Vieillard
Nederlands: Grijsaard
svenska: Gubbhuvud

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