Pilosocereus leucocephalus
A species in the Cactaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Pilosocereus
- Species
- Pilosocereus leucocephalus
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1957
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Pilosocereus leucocephalus. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
37 synonyms in this snapshot
- Cephalocereus cometesName author: (Scheidw.) Britton & Rose
- Cephalocereus leucocephalusName author: (Poselg.) Britton & Rose
- Cephalocereus leucocephalus f. cristatusName author: P.V.Heath
- Cephalocereus leucocephalus var. actopanensisName author: Rol.-Goss. ex Bois
- Cephalocereus maxoniiName author: Rose
- Cephalocereus palmeriName author: Rose
- Cephalocereus palmeri f. cristatusName author: P.V.Heath
- Cephalocereus palmeri var. sartorianusName author: (Rose) Krainz
- Cephalocereus sartorianusName author: Rose
- Cephalophorus palmeriName author: (Rose) Boom
- Cereus cometesName author: Scheidw.
- Cereus flavicomusName author: Salm-Dyck
- Cereus foersteriName author: Sencke
- Cereus houlletiiName author: Lem.
- Cereus houlletiiName author: (Lem.) A.Berger
- Cereus jubatusName author: Salm-Dyck
- Cereus maxoniiName author: (Rose) Vaupel
- Cereus sartorianusName author: (Rose) Kupper ex A.Berger
- Cereus sartorianusName author: (Rose) Kupper ex Berger
- Cereus victoriensisName author: Vaupel
- Pilocereus cometesName author: (Scheidw.) Mittler ex C.F.Först.
- Pilocereus flavicomusName author: Salm-Dyck ex Rümpler
- Pilocereus foersteriName author: Lem.
- Pilocereus jubatusName author: Salm-Dyck ex C.F.Först.
- Pilocereus leucocephalusName author: Poselg.
- Pilocereus marschalleckianus var. pictaName author: Zeiss.
- Pilocereus maxoniiName author: (Rose) A.Berger
- Pilocereus maxoniiName author: (Rose) F.M.Knuth
- Pilocereus palmeriName author: (Rose) F.M.Knuth
- Pilocereus sartorianusName author: (Rose) A.Berger
- Pilosocereus cometesName author: (Scheidw.) Byles & G.D.Rowley
- Pilosocereus leucocephalus subsp. palmeriName author: (Rose) Scheinvar
- Pilosocereus maxoniiName author: (Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley
- Pilosocereus palmeriName author: (Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley
- Pilosocereus palmeri var. sartorianusName author: (Rose) Lodé
- Pilosocereus palmeri var. victoriensisName author: (Vaupel) Backeb.
- Pilosocereus sartorianusName author: (Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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