Taxonomic account

Pilosocereus piauhyensis

Pilosocereus piauhyensis (Gürke) 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 piauhyensis (Gürke) Britton & Rose
Cereus piauhyensis Gürke
Pilocereus piauhyensis (Gürke) Werderm.
Pilosocereus gaturianensis F.Ritter
Pilosocereus piauhyensis subsp. gaturianensis (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun & Esteves
Pilosocereus piauhyensis subsp. mucosiflorus (Buining & Brederoo) P.J.Braun & Esteves
Pseudopilocereus gaturianensis (F.Ritter) P.V.Heath
Pseudopilocereus mucosiflorus Buining & Brederoo
Pseudopilocereus piauhyensis (Gürke) 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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