Taxonomic account

Pilosocereus arrabidae

Pilosocereus arrabidae (Steud.) 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 arrabidae (Steud.) Britton & Rose
Cephalocereus arrabidae var. tilophorus (Pfeiff.) Borg
Cephalocereus exerens (K.Schum.) L.H.Bailey
Cereus arrabidae Steud.
Cereus exerens Link ex Pfeiff.
Cereus reflexus Steud.
Cereus retroflexus Pfeiff.
Cereus tilophorus Pfeiff.
Cereus virens DC.
Cereus warmingii K.Schum.
Pilocereus arrabidae (Steud.) Lem.
Pilocereus exerens K.Schum.
Pilocereus oligogonus C.F.Först. ex Lem.
Pilocereus tilophorus Lem.
Pilocereus virens Lem.
Pilocereus vollii Backeb.
Pseudopilocereus arrabidae (Steud.) Buxb.

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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