Taxonomic account

Cephalocereus mezcalaensis

Cephalocereus mezcalaensis Bravo

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 mezcalaensis (Bravo) P.V.Heath
Carnegiea mezcalaensis var. multiareolata (E.Y.Dawson) P.V.Heath
Cephalocereus mezcalaensis var. multiareolatus E.Y.Dawson
Cephalocereus mezcalaensis var. robustus E.Y.Dawson
Cephalocereus multiareolatus (E.Y.Dawson) H.J.Tapia & S.Arias
Neobuxbaumia mezcalaensis (Bravo) Backeb.
Neobuxbaumia mezcalaensis var. multiareolata (E.Y.Dawson) E.Y.Dawson
Neobuxbaumia mezcalaensis var. robusta (E.Y.Dawson) Backeb.
Neobuxbaumia multiareolata (E.Y.Dawson) Bravo, Scheinvar & Sánchez-Mej.
Pilocereus mezcalaensis (Bravo) W.T.Marshall

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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