Pilosocereus machrisii

Pilosocereus machrisii

Taxonavigation edit

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 machrisii

Name edit

Pilosocereus machrisii (E.Y.Dawson) Backeb., 1960

Note edit

The specific epithet honors Maurice A. Machris (Los Angeles, USA), after whom the so-called Machris Expedition in Central Brazil was named in 1956.

Synonyms edit

  • Cephalocereus cuyabensis (Backeb.) Borg; Cacti, ed. 2, 148 (1951)
  • Cephalocereus cuyabensis (Backeb.) E.Y.Dawson; Contrib. Sci. Los Angeles County Mus., No. 10, 1 (1957)
  • Cephalocereus machrisii E.Y.Dawson; Contrib. Sci. Los Angeles County Mus., No. 10, 1 (1957)
  • Pilocereus cuyabensis Backeb.; Kakteenfreund, No. 11, Backeb. Blätter Kakteenforsch (1935), Pt. 1, p.4 (1933)
  • Pilosocereus cuyabensis (Backeb.) Byles & G.D.Rowley; Cact. & Succ. Journ. Brit. 19: 66 (1957)
  • Pilosocereus lindaianus P.J.Braun & Esteves; Kakt. And. Sukk., 38(5): 132 (1987)
  • Pseudopilocereus cuyabensis (Backeb.) Buxb.; Beitr. Biol. Pflanzen, 44: 252 (1968)
  • Pseudopilocereus machrisii (Dawson) Buining & Brederoo; Succulenta, 56(4): 90 (1977)
  • Pseudopilocereus machrisii (E.Y.Dawson) Buxb.; Beitr. Biol. Pflanzen, 44: 252 (1968)
  • Pilosocereus machrisii subsp. cristalinensis (P.J.Braun & Esteves) P.J.Braun & Esteves; Schumannia 3: 188 (2001 publ (2002))
  • Pilosocereus cristalinensis P.J.Braun & Esteves; Kakt. And. Sukk., et Kakt. And. Sukk., 38(5): 132 (1987), 38(7): 166 (1987)
  • Pilosocereus lindanus P.J.Braun & Esteves in Kakteen And. Sukk. 38: 132. 1987 syn. sec. Taylor & Zappi 2004
  • Pilosocereus estevesii P.J.Braun in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 71: 74. 1999 syn. sec. Taylor & Zappi 2004
  • Pilosocereus goianus P.J.Braun & Esteves in Brit. Cact. Succ. J. 20: 100. 2002 syn. sec. Taylor & Zappi 2004

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Brazil
      • Brazil North (Tocantins), Brazil Northeast, , Brazil South East (Minas Gerais, São Paulo), Brazil West Central (Goiás).
    • Regional: Southern South America
      • Paraguay (Amambay, Concepcion)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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