CACTIBOTANY AND CULTIVATION
Search the website
Taxonomic account

Pilosocereus leucocephalus

Submit a species photo

Pilosocereus leucocephalus (Poselg.) 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 cometes (Scheidw.) Britton & Rose
  • Cephalocereus leucocephalus (Poselg.) Britton & Rose
  • Cephalocereus leucocephalus f. cristatus P.V.Heath
  • Cephalocereus leucocephalus var. actopanensis Rol.-Goss. ex Bois
  • Cephalocereus maxonii Rose
  • Cephalocereus palmeri Rose
  • Cephalocereus palmeri f. cristatus P.V.Heath
  • Cephalocereus palmeri var. sartorianus (Rose) Krainz
  • Cephalocereus sartorianus Rose
  • Cephalocereus tehuacanus (Weing.) Borg
  • Cephalophorus palmeri (Rose) Boom
  • Cereus cometes Scheidw.
  • Cereus flavicomus Salm-Dyck
  • Cereus houlletii (Lem.) Mottet
  • Cereus maxonii (Rose) Vaupel
  • Cereus victoriensis Vaupel
  • Pilocereus cometes (Scheidw.) Janti
  • Pilocereus flavicomus (Salm-Dyck) C.F.Först. & Rümpler
  • Pilocereus forsteri Sencke ex Lem.
  • Pilocereus houlletii Lem.
  • Pilocereus jubatus Salm-Dyck
  • Pilocereus leucocephalus Poselg.
  • Pilocereus marschalleckianus Zeiss.
  • Pilocereus marschalleckianus var. picta Zeiss.
  • Pilocereus maxonii (Rose) A.Berger
  • Pilocereus palmeri (Rose) F.M.Knuth
  • Pilocereus sartorianus A.Berger
  • Pilocereus tehuacanus Weing.
  • Pilosocereus cometes (Scheidw.) Byles & G.D.Rowley
  • Pilosocereus leucocephalus subsp. palmeri (Rose) Scheinvar
  • Pilosocereus maxonii (Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley
  • Pilosocereus palmeri (Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley
  • Pilosocereus palmeri var. sartorianus (Rose) Lodé
  • Pilosocereus sartorianus (Rose) Byles & G.D.Rowley
  • Pilosocereus tehuacanus (Weing.) 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]