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Taxonomic account

Pilosocereus colombianus

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Pilosocereus colombianus (Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Pilosocereus
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]

  • Cephalocereus colombianus Rose
  • Cephalocereus tweedyanus Britton & Rose
  • Cereus colombianus (Rose) Vaupel
  • Cereus tweedyanus (Britton & Rose) Werderm.
  • Pilocereus tweedyanus (Britton & Rose) Backeb.
  • Pilosocereus colombianus subsp. tuberculosus (Rauh & Backeb.) Lodé
  • Pilosocereus colombianus subsp. tweedyanus (Britton & Rose) Lodé
  • Pilosocereus gironensis Rauh & Backeb. ex Byles & G.D.Rowley
  • Pilosocereus lanuginosus subsp. colombianus (Rose) Guiggi
  • Pilosocereus tuberculosus Rauh & Backeb.
  • Pilosocereus tweedyanus (Britton & Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley

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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