Taxonomic account

Cephalocereus columna-trajani

Cephalocereus columna-trajani (Karw. ex Pfeiff.) K.Schum.

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

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Cephalocereus
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 columna (Walp.) K.Schum.
Cephalocereus hoppenstedii (J.N.Haage & E.Schmidt) K.Schum.
Cephalophorus columna-trajani (Karw. ex Pfeiff.) Lem.
Cereus columna Walp.
Cereus columna-trajani Karw. ex Pfeiff.
Cereus hoppenstedtii (J.N.Haage & E.Schmidt) Mottet
Cereus lateribarbatus Lem.
Haseltonia columna-trajani (Karw. ex Pfeiff.) Backeb.
Haseltonia hoppenstedtii (J.N.Haage & E.Schmidt) Backeb.
Mitrocereus columna-trajani (Karw. ex Pfeiff.) E.Y.Dawson
Pachycereus columna-trajani (Karw. ex Pfeiff.) Britton & Rose
Pilocereus columna (Karw. ex Pfeiff.) Lem.
Pilocereus hoppenstedtii J.N.Haage & E.Schmidt
Pilocereus lateralis F.A.C.Weber
Pilocereus lateribarbatus Pfeiff. ex C.F.Först. & Rümpler

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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