Taxonomic account

Cephalocereus macrocephalus

Cephalocereus macrocephalus F.A.C.Weber ex 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]

Carnegiea macrocephala (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) P.V.Heath
Cereus macrocephalus (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) A.Berger
Cereus ruficeps (F.A.C.Weber) Vaupel
Mitrocereus ruficeps (F.A.C.Weber) Backeb.
Neobuxbaumia macrocephala (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) E.Y.Dawson
Pachycereus ruficeps (F.A.C.Weber) Britton & Rose
Pilocereus macrocephalus (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) F.A.C.Weber
Pilocereus ruficeps 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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