Pilosocereus leucocephalus (Poselg.) Byles & G. D. Rowley GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Pilosocereus

Family:

Cactaceae

Subfamily:

Cactoideae

Tribe:

Cereeae

Nomen number:

435225

Place of publication:

Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 19:67. 1957

Verified:

08/28/2015 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym

Pilocereus leucocephalus Poselg.

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Cephalocereus maxonii Rose
Pilosocereus maxonii (Rose) Byles & G. D. Rowley

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Conservation Status

CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).

Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family
CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
Zappi, D. C. 1994. Pilosocereus (Cactaceae): the genus in Brazil. Succ. Pl. Res. 3:147-149.

Common names

English
old man cactus –
old-man-of-Mexico –
Spanish
cabeza de viejo –
órgano –
pitayón –
tuno –
Swedish
vaddkaktus –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Honduras

Native
Northern America

Southern America