Taxonomic account

Pilosocereus moritzianus

Pilosocereus moritzianus (Otto ex Pfeiff.) 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 backebergii (Weing.) Borg
Cephalocereus claroviridis (Backeb.) Borg
Cephalocereus moritzianus (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose
Cereus backebergii Weing.
Cereus claroviridis Backeb.
Cereus moritzianus Otto ex Pfeiff.
Pilocereus claroviridis (Backeb.) Backeb.
Pilocereus moritzianus (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Lem.
Pilosocereus backebergii (Weing.) Byles & G.D.Rowley
Pilosocereus claroviridis (Backeb.) Byles & G.D.Rowley
Pilosocereus lanuginosus subsp. moritzianus (Otto ex Pfeiff.) 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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