Taxonomic account

Pilosocereus polygonus

Pilosocereus polygonus (Lam.) 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]

Cactus polygonus Lam.
Cactus royenii L.
Cephalocereus monoclonos (DC.) Britton & Rose
Cephalocereus polygonus (Lam.) Britton & Rose
Cephalocereus royenii (L.) Britton & Rose
Cephalocereus schlumbergeri (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) Urb.
Cereus monoclonos DC.
Cereus polygonus (Lam.) DC.
Cereus royenii (L.) Mill.
Pilocereus monoclonos (DC.) F.M.Knuth
Pilocereus plumieri Lem.
Pilocereus polygonus (Lam.) Salm-Dyck
Pilocereus royenii (L.) Haw. ex Rümpler
Pilocereus schlumbergeri F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.
Pilosocereus monoclonos (DC.) Byles & G.D.Rowley
Pilosocereus royenii (L.) 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]

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