Taxonomic account

Pachycereus pringlei

Pachycereus pringlei (S.Watson) Britton & Rose

Name accepted in Plants of the World Online. [2-WWW]

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Pachycereus
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]

Cereus calvus Engelm. ex J.M.Coult.
Cereus pringlei S.Watson
Cereus pringlei var. calvus M.E.Jones
Cereus titan Engelm. ex J.M.Coult.
Pachycereus calvus (Engelm. ex J.M.Coult.) Britton & Rose
Pachycereus pringlei f. calvus (Engelm. ex J.M.Coult.) P.V.Heath
Pachycereus pringlei f. constrictus P.V.Heath
Pachycereus pringlei f. cristatus P.V.Heath
Pachycereus pringlei f. gibbosus P.V.Heath
Pachycereus titan (Engelm. ex J.M.Coult.) Britton & Rose
Pilocereus pringlei (S.Watson) F.A.C.Weber

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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