Taxonomic account

Cephalocereus euphorbioides

Cephalocereus euphorbioides (Haw.) Britton & Rose

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]

Cactus euphorbioides (Haw.) Spreng.
Carnegiea euphorbioides (Haw.) Backeb.
Carnegiea euphorbioides var. olfersii (Salm-Dyck) P.V.Heath
Cereus euphorbioides Haw.
Cereus olfersii Salm-Dyck
Lemaireocereus euphorbioides (Haw.) Werderm.
Neobuxbaumia euphorbioides (Haw.) Buxb.
Neodawsonia euphorbioides var. olfersii (Salm-Dyck) Backeb.
Pilocereus euphorbioides (Haw.) Rümpler
Rooksbya euphorbioides (Haw.) Backeb.
Rooksbya euphorbioides var. olfersii (Salm-Dyck) Backeb.

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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