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Taxonomic account

Pilosocereus brooksianus

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Pilosocereus brooksianus (Britton & 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 brooksianus Britton & Rose
  • Cereus brooksianus (Britton & Rose) Vaupel
  • Pilocereus brooksianus (Britton & Rose) F.M.Knuth
  • Pilosocereus royenii subsp. brooksianus (Britton & Rose) Guiggi

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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