Taxonomic account

Lophocereus schottii

Lophocereus schottii (Engelm.) Britton & Rose

Name accepted in Plants of the World Online. [2-WWW]

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Lophocereus
Ranga: Species
Genus list verification: 11 October 2026 [2-WWW]

Names in the literature

Synonyms and spelling variants linked to the accepted name in WCVP 16, including updates to the genus list. [27-WWW] [2-WWW]

Cereus mieckleyanus Weing.
Cereus palmeri F.A.C.Weber
Cereus sargentianus Orcutt
Cereus schottii Engelm.
Cereus schottii var. australis K.Brandegee
Lemaireocereus mieckleyanus (Weing.) Borg
Lophocereus australis Britton & Rose
Lophocereus mieckleyanus Weing. ex Backeb. & F.M.Knuth
Lophocereus mieckleyanus (Weing.) Backeb.
Lophocereus sargentianus (Orcutt) Britton & Rose
Lophocereus schottii f. mieckleyanus G.E.Linds.
Lophocereus schottii f. monstrosus H.E.Gates
Lophocereus schottii f. spiralis A.M.Carter
Lophocereus schottii var. australis (K.Brandegee) Borg
Lophocereus schottii var. sargentianus (Orcutt) Borg
Lophocereus schottii var. tenuis G.E.Linds.
Pachycereus schottii (Engelm.) D.R.Hunt
Pachycereus schottii f. mieckleyanus (Weing.) P.V.Heath
Pachycereus schottii f. monstrosus (H.E.Gates) P.V.Heath
Pachycereus schottii f. sargentianus (Orcutt) P.V.Heath
Pachycereus schottii f. spiralis (A.M.Carter) P.V.Heath
Pachycereus schottii var. australis (K.Brandegee) P.V.Heath
Pachycereus schottii var. tenuis (G.E.Linds.) P.V.Heath
Pilocereus sargentianus Orcutt ex K.Schum.
Pilocereus schottii (Engelm.) Lem.
Pilocereus schottii var. australis K.Brandegee ex K.Schum.

Nomenclatural basis

The genus's species list was checked in POWO on 11 October 2026. Authorship and links between older names were compared with WCVP 16, a snapshot from 4 June 2026. [27-WWW] [2-WWW] [2-WWW]

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